Egypt’s Foreign Affairs Ministry dismissed on Tuesday article published by International media outlet Washington Post regarding the North Korean shipment stopped at Suez Canal last August. The shipment that included huge number of rockets was noticed by United States (US) intelligence, when arrived to Suez Canal in August coming from North Korea in July 2016. He also said that the report aimed at implying that, “Egypt is not committed to implement of resolutions of United Nation Security Council regarding North Korea”. Abu Zaid denied referring to the report of UN sanctions committee later directly after the incident, as it did not mention any information indicating that the shipment was on its way to Egypt. The shipment was confiscated and damaged in presence of a panel of experts of North Korea’s sanctions committee in the Security Council.

Source: Daily News Egypt October 03, 2017 17:15 UTC