North Korea denies nuclear cooperation with Syria

North Korea today strongly denied that it provided Syria with secret nuclear cooperation, calling the allegation a fabrication by hard-liners in Washington to block progress in the North’s relations with the US.

The North’s Foreign Ministry said the country has upheld its pledge made last October, when it conducted its first-ever nuclear test, that North Korea would be “a responsible nuclear power” and not transfer any nuclear material out of the country.