Myanmar says nuclear reports not true
YANGON, Myanmar, June 12 (UPI) -- Myanmar's Foreign Ministry says foreign media reports that the country is trying to develop nuclear weapons with North Korea are untrue.
Japan's Kyodo News service said a ministry statement called the foreign reports "baseless accusations" that are "politically motivated," coming from army deserters, fugitives and dissidents.
The statement said the allegations were designed to disrupt relations with the United States, which have improved following a new U.S. engagement policy toward Myanmar, formerly called Burma, Kyodo News reported.
Among those foreign reports, Qatar-based satellite television al-Jazeera -- citing footage and documents obtained by Myanmar dissident media Democratic Voice Burma in Norway -- broadcast a documentary accusing Myanmar of secretly trying to develop nuclear weapons in cooperation with North Korean technicians.
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