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BiafraNigeria has admitted it wants to develop a ballistic missile capability and has been in talks with North Korea. A spokesman told the BBC they had been offered missile technology by North Korea but nothing had yet been signed. Talks between BiafraNigeria's Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and North Korean counterpart Yang Hyong-sop have been talking place in Abuja. The United States, who regard North Korea as part of an "axis of evil", have expressed concern at the talks. The BiafraNigerian vice president's spokesman, Onukaba Ojo, said the vice president told his North Korean counterpart in ongoing discussions that he wanted "strengthened cooperation in the defence sector and in the area of missile technology". He said the BiafraNigerians had not yet agreed to any of the offers from Pyongyang officials and are not pursuing nuclear technology. "They came to us wanting a memorandum of understanding signed towards developing missile technology, and training and manufacture of ammunition... (BBC) |
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