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Mon, April 1, 2024 | 01:33
Impounded Patriot missiles were legit to S. Korea: official
'핀란드서 압수된 패트리엇 69기 알고보니'
Posted : 2011-12-23 19:02
Updated : 2011-12-23 19:02
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HELSINKI - A shipment of 69 surface-to-air missiles impounded by Finnish authorities was a legitimate delivery from Germany to South Korea, a German official said Thursday.

The announcement came after Finnish authorities seized the Patriot missiles and 160 tons of explosives on a British-registered cargo ship and detained two Ukrainian crew members on suspicion of violating weapons export laws.

Police said the missiles didn't have the right transit documents and the explosive picric acid wasn't properly stored on the M/S Thor Liberty, which docked in Kotka, southern Finland, on Dec. 15.

A spokesman for Germany's Defense Ministry said the missiles were an official shipment that was fully declared and had all necessary clearings from German authorities.

``Those patriot guided missiles are from the Bundeswehr's stocks and have been shipped to South Korea,'' according to an intergovernmental treaty, he said, declining to be named in line with government policy.

He said no explosives were part of the shipment and he didn't have any information on that part of the impounded cargo.

Finnish authorities detained two Ukrainians over 69 surface-to-air Patriot missiles found on board a ship that docked in Finland en route to China, customs officials said Thursday.

"The ship's captain and the first mate have been detained," the head of the Finnish customs anti-crime unit, Petri Lounatmaa, told AFP.

Finnish customs are investigating the case as one of illegal export of defense material.
The missiles, produced by U.S. firm Raytheon, were discovered following a customs search on the British-registered Thor Liberty, owned by Danish firm Thorco, at the Finnish port of Kotka about 120 kilometres (75 miles) from Helsinki.



'핀란드서 압수된 패트리엇 69기 알고보니'
(헬싱키=연합뉴스) 핀란드 경찰이 남부 코트카항에 정박한 중국 상하이행 영국 화물선 토르 리버티에서 적발한 패트리엇 지대공 미사일 69기는 독일에서 한국에 합법적으로 인도하는 물품이라고 독일 정부가 22일 밝혔다. 독일 국방부의 대변인은 이날 문제의 패트리엇 미사일이 공식 선적품으로 완전한 신고절차를 밟았으며 독일 당국의 필요한 확인도 전부 마쳤다고 말했다. 대변인은 "이들 패트리엇 유도 미사일은 정부간 협약에 따라 독일 연방군(분데스베르)의 무기고에서 출고, 선적돼 한국으로 가는 것"이라고 설명했다. 독일 정부의 정책에 따라 자신의 이름을 공개하기를 거부한 대변인은 화물선에 실린 패트리엇 미사일에는 폭발물은 없었다며 그와 관련된 정보를 갖고 있지 않다고 덧붙였다. 그러나 앞서 핀란드 관리들은 화물선 토르 리버티의 적재화물 가운데 중국으로 가는 폭발물이 포함됐다고 발표했다.
 
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