Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign
Ministry Friday gave the following answer to the question raised by KCNA
as regards the release of a report finding fault with the financial
system in the DPRK at a recent plenary meeting of the Financial Action
Task Force on Money Laundering in Paris:
The DPRK strongly refutes the above-said report as a sinister
attempt of hostile forces to tighten the financial sanctions against the
DPRK and a wanton violation of its sovereignty and right to existence.
The contents of the report are based on misinformation contrary to
facts and, therefore, it doesn't deserve even a passing note. However,
the DPRK can not overlook it as it was released at a time when it is
making its sincere efforts to develop cooperative relations with the
above-said body.
By origin, the DPRK does not allow such practices as money
laundering and financing of terrorism in the light of the nature of its
social system.
But the DPRK has done all it can as evidenced by the fact that it
conducted negotiations with the body in consideration of the latter's
continued requests for cooperation, ratified the international
convention on restraining financial support to terrorism and submitted
possible relevant data to the body.
Nevertheless, this time the body persistently listed the DPRK as "a
target of counter-action," keeping mum about its measures. This proves
that the action was prompted by the sinister political attempt of
certain forces to tarnish the DPRK's image at any cost and the body is
playing into their hands.
The DPRK holds that if the body is to perform its mission and role
as a governmental international financial supervisory institution in
name and reality, it should strictly abide by the principle of
impartiality and objectivity and it is its invariable stand to develop
the cooperative relations with such body. -0-
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