A U.N. agency's bid to curb North Korea's missile program with an airs...
MONTREAL/SEOUL/NEW YORK - A U.N. agency’s bid to curb North Korea’s missile program with an airspace safety audit and at the same time revive its air traffic has been delayed amid U.S. concerns that it may breach U.N. sanctions, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
ICAO had planned to conduct its first aviation safety audit in North Korea in more than a decade this year, but it has been delayed until 2020 amid U.S. concerns that it could include sharing technology that could also be used to advance North Korea’s weapons programs, the sources said.“They’re concerned because it involves technology that could possibly be diverted for military purposes, unlike humanitarian aid that would be exempted from sanctions more easily,” one of the sources told Reuters.
Reclusive North Korea for years pursued missile and nuclear weapons programs in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions. But on March 12, days after the summit collapsed, the United States told the committee that it disagreed with ICAO’s view.
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