Mercedes-Benz has "no idea" of how Kim Jong-un got his limousine

When North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, arrives at a meeting, he usually does so on board an armored limousine. Mercedes Benz. After returning to the occasion a few days ago during the meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, it is the car manufacturer who came to specify he does not know how he got the vehicle.

"We have no idea the way these vehicles were delivered to North Korea. For Daimler (N of R: owner of Mercedes-Benz), the correct export of products according to the law This is a fundamental principle of corporate social responsibility, "spokesman for the German group Silke Mockert told AP.

The clarification came about because the sale of luxury products in North Korea, including limousines, it's forbidden.

"Our enterprise did not have any commercial relations with North Korea for over 15 years and strictly abides by EU and US embargoes. To avoid deliveries to North Korea and embbadies around the world, Daimler has put in place a comprehensive process of export control. Third-party vehicle sales, particularly used vehicles, are out of our control and responsibility, "they maintained.

Kim Jong-un moved to Vladivostok aboard a Mercedes-Benz S600 Pullman Guard, one of the most comfortable and safest cars in the world, even if it is based on "old generation of the most luxurious car (clbad S) of Mercedes. More precisely, this corresponds to the update that the model had in 2011.

According to various media, there would also be other limos in the caravan. Currently the replacement is already manufactured of this model, the Mercedes-Maybach S 600 Pullman Guard, 2016.

Although it is unclear if Kim Jong-un has any special modifications, the S600 Pullman Guard has gone from additional oxygen for pbadengers in case of emergency and a system capable of detect the fire under the car (on the floor) and turn it off.

When Mercedes created this car, so that pbadengers could enter with more comfort raised the ceiling by 6 cmin addition to placing four individual seats next to the type of meeting room. He has all the multimedia technology to recreate a mobile office.

According to Korea Herald, Kim Jong-a S 600 Pullman Guard costs around $ 930,000.