The Democratic Republic of Congo's government called recent claims that North Korea had provided their police with weapons an “outright lie” in a statement issued over the weekend.
The refutation came after Reuters last week published an article on the findings of a UN Panel of Experts (PoE) on the DR Congo. The PoE report said that North Korea had provided Congolese police and soldiers with equipment and 30 instructors to train special forces and the presidential guard.
The Democratic Republic of Congo's government called recent claims that North Korea had provided their police with weapons an “outright lie” in a statement issued over the weekend.
The refutation came after Reuters last week published an article on the findings of a UN Panel of Experts (PoE) on the DR Congo. The PoE report said that North Korea had provided Congolese police and soldiers with equipment and 30 instructors to train special forces and the presidential guard.
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