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| Type | Person | [sources] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | O Chol Su | [sources] | |||
| Birth date | not available | [sources] | |||
| Nationality | North Korea | [sources] | |||
| Country | North Korea | [sources] | |||
| Description | Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Military Equipment of the DPRK as of March 2015. O Chol Su had letter correspondence with in March 2015 with Khalifa al-Ghwail, the then Libyan Chief of the Supreme Council of Defence and Deputy to the Prime Minister, which noted that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was “currently in the process of preparing the sales/purchase agreement for the required defence systems and ammunition needed to maintain stability of Libya” and further noted that “Green Pine Association (KPe.010), a commercial establishment belonging to our ministry” would provide the draft agreement and additional documentation. The letter also mentioned the role of Consulting Bureau for Marketing, a company belonging to a Hussein al-Ali, a Syrian national described as an arms trafficker for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in Libya, the Sudan and Yemen. In a reply dated April 5, 2015, Khalifa al-Ghwail thanked O Chol Su and referred to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s invitation to Libyan technical teams to visit the country. A subsequent document of the Libyan Ministry of Defence dated May 20, 2015 authorized power of attorney for Syrian national Hussein al-Ali “to negotiate, correspond, exchange information, receive documents and technical and financial proposals on our behalf in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea”. | [sources] | |||
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| Central Committee of the Korean Workers' Party | Alternate member | - | ||
| Ministry of Military Equipment (DPRK) | ||||
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