State Department Announces Libya Is Halting Military Trade With North Kore

[Judi Lynn]

May 13, 2004

State Department Announces Libya Is Halting Military Trade With North Korea, Syria And Iran
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WASHINGTON (AP) _ Libya has agreed to halt military trade with North Korea, Syria and Iran.

The move, announced Thursday by Undersecretary of State John R. Bolton, follows a decision by Tripoli to stop its programs to develop weapons of mass destruction. It was hailed as welcome news by Bolton, who said North Korea had provided Libya with its Scud missiles.

All three countries, especially North Korea, are ``of very great proliferation concern'' and Libya's renunciation of military relations with them is an important step forward, Bolton said.

He said Libya also would announce shortly a promise to renounce trade in missile and missile-related equipment with countries that do not subscribe to international control of missiles.

While Bolton said ``we are satisfied with the progress we have made'' with Libya on weapons sytems, he said some aspects of the North African country's chemical weapons program still need to be eliminated and the retention of some Scud missiles remains an issue.
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[Ruby Romaine]

1. Our new Best Friends! Will the State Dept ask them to not execute the

Bulgarians? Esp. since Bulgaria is part of the "coalition'?