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Syria's top diplomat in North Korea holds banquet for officials
UPI ^ | 13 April 2017 12:40pm | Elizabeth Shim

Posted on 04/14/2017 11:51:36 PM PDT by blueplum

April 13 (UPI) -- North Korea and Syria reconfirmed friendly ties on Wednesday, according to Pyongyang's state media. KCNA reported Thursday Syria's top diplomat to North Korea, Ambassador Tammam Sulaiman, held a banquet to commemorate the upcoming birth anniversary of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung. "On the occasion of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung's birthday, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Syria Arab Republic, Tammam Sulaiman, held a banquet at his embassy," Pyongyang stated. [snip]

"Goodwill established between the past leaders of Syria and North Korea continue unchanged for generations," the Syrian diplomat reportedly said. "We will surely win in the struggle for justice, against the U.S. imperialists and their followers."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 201704; banquet; dinner; iran; northkorea; russia; syria
I guess Assad has a friend after all..
1 posted on 04/14/2017 11:51:36 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Syria built an atomic reactor at al-Kibar with technical help from North Korea. The reactor is believed to be a nearly exact copy of a reactor North Korea uses to make plutonium and other isotopes for use in its atomic weapons program.

The massive explosion which occurred on 22 April 2004 in the train yard at the North Korean port of Namp’o killed many hundreds of people (no information about casualties has ever been released by NK), among whom were many Syrian nuclear workers. There is considerable evidence that weapons-grade plutonium was being transported on the train, and was destined for Syria.

One can assume that Syria paid a great deal of money to NK for their nuclear expertise and other services.


2 posted on 04/15/2017 12:08:34 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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To: blueplum
I forgot to add that the al-Kibar reactor was destroyed by the Israeli Armed Forces on 6 October 2007, in an operation called Orchard.
3 posted on 04/15/2017 12:10:02 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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To: Steely Tom

Was that before or after Pelosi and John Kerry defied the Bush WH foreign policy and took US democrat delegations over to,Syria to socialize with Bashar Al Assad?


4 posted on 04/15/2017 2:45:54 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: silverleaf

Rockefeller went to Syria in 2002...
Pelosi’s visit was in early April 2007.


5 posted on 04/15/2017 3:00:44 AM PDT by piasa
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To: piasa

And somewhere in between was when the democrats were attacking Bush 43 for calling Syria- Iran- North Korea an “ axis of evil” ?


6 posted on 04/15/2017 3:08:57 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: blueplum

Damascus has a park honoring North Korea:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/north-korea-themed-park-opens-in-syria-as-show-of-friendship-between-assad-and-kim-10480037.html


7 posted on 04/15/2017 6:02:16 AM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: blueplum

bump


8 posted on 08/09/2017 4:36:08 PM PDT by piasa
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To: piasa

good memory :)


9 posted on 08/10/2017 6:00:47 PM PDT by blueplum ( ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017))
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