Saturday, August 5, 2017

North Korea's #2 Official Is In Iran For 10 Days

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani meets with North Korea's ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong Nam in 2013.

CNBC: North Korea's 'No. 2' official on 10-day visit to Iran that may signal wider military ties

* Iran's official IRNA news agency reported Kim Yong Nam, head of North Korea's parliament, arrived Thursday for the weekend inauguration of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
* But given he is expected to stay 10 days, the trip is being seen as a front for Pyongyang to perhaps increase military cooperation with Tehran and to boost the hard currency for Kim Jong Un's regime.
* "There could be very problematic cooperation going on," an Israeli-based national security expert said.

Amid new U.S. sanctions, North Korea's "No. 2" official began a 10-day visit to Iran on Thursday that could result in the two sides expanding their ties.

Iran's official IRNA news agency reported Kim Yong Nam, chairman of the Supreme Assembly of North Korea, arrived Thursday for the weekend inauguration ceremony for Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

But given the head of North Korea's parliament is expected to stay for 10 days in Iran, the trip is being seen as a front for other purposes, including expanding military cooperation. At the same time, Pyongyang is looking for ways to counter sanctions and to boost the hard currency for Kim Jong Un's regime.

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WNU editor: When a senior government official arrives in a country for 10 days of talks .... that tells me that a lot has already been agreed upon, and that the "top official" is there to not only make sure that there are no "hick-ups", but to also explore other agreements/arrangements. The scary thing about North Korea is that they need hard cash, and they have nothing to sell but weapons, missiles, and nuclear tech ....  three products that we know Iran has shown more than an interest on buying in the past few years.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

And to drop off some gear for the Iranians, nuke ICBM plans and other items for a rainy day in a diplomatic bag. Maybe in exchange for a big box of Euros stamped courtesy of President Obama, express delivery service by the Clinton Foundation.

Oh yeah, and keys to a place place on the Straits of Hormuz stamped KJU on the Mercedes key holder.


fred said...

Obama signed the nuke deal. Trump is against it...now he is for it...the nations that helped us bring about this deal went along with our sanctions but said they would no longer do that if we did not accept the nuke deal. Question Jim: are you for an Iran nuke deal or not. If not, then Iran has the go ahead to develop nukes. But if the deal is in place, we can monitor and slap back sanctions if need be. ps: the badmouthing of Clinton and Obama is of little help but fully expected

Unknown said...

Iran is cheating on the deal as it is.

It is a false dichotomy that you present Fred.

Plus North Korea has always been part of an axis and this has implications,

The implications is that if North Korea is guilty then so is Iran.

North Korea is not developing nukes for protection as some knuckle-dragging misanthropes would have people believe. If so, then why the tunnels under the DMZ?

What is funny about the tunnels is that the misanthropes beat their chest loudly and put King Kong to shame when the boast of the size and umber of tunnels. Makes you wonder who the misanthropes really are.