India on Thursday contested a report of the “UN Panel of Experts” that deals with UN sanctions on North Korea which had made references to the participation of North Korean students in courses at the
India on Thursday contested a report of the “UN Panel of Experts” that deals with UN sanctions on North Korea which had made references to the participation of North Korean students in courses at the Dehradun-based Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP).
India’s rejection of the report while India is hoping for NSG membership at the grouping’s ongoing plenary in Seoul, South Korea.
The UN report had said this participation “could” have implications for its proscribed activities, a reference to North Korea’s UN-proscribed activities in the missile technology and nuclear spheres.
India blasted an article in a Gulf-based news network on the matter and said the insinuations were baseless.
The MEA said the report was subjective and “based on the limited understanding of the expert(s)” who authored it. It said the topics “are very general and cover basic principles...”
It added that the course material was available in open-source and that “these courses are unlikely to contribute in any way to a violation of the various UN sanctions pertaining to DPRK (North Korea).”
