North Korea has officially accused Mexico of forcibly detaining one of its ships months after it ran aground off the gulf of Mexico.

The alleged detainment happened last year.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea furthermore blames the United States for seeing to it that the North Korean ship was not released.

As reported in an Associated Press article, North Korea's deputy permanent representative to the U.N., An Myong Hun, informed reporters that his nation would take "necessary measures to make the ship leave immediately."

An emphasized that the Mu Du Bong, the General Cargo Ship in question, is used only as a commercial ship and that, as of now, more than 50 crew members still remain on board.

A U.N. panel has reported that the ship is controlled by a company that has in the past tried to get around U.N. sanctions which were imposed in response to North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.

A recent report by the panel states that the Pyongyang-based Ocean Maritime Management Co. has renamed the majority of its vessels in order to avoid detection.

Although the panel's report claims that experts had informed Mexican authorities that the ship is an OMM asset, An stated that the ship has no connection to OMM.

An denied that the Mu Du Bong was carrying anything prohibited by U.N. sanctions, and went on to say that Mexican authorities had decided in January to release the ship but had suddenly revoked the decision.

When the ship ran aground last July it damaged nearly an acre of coral reefs, which led Mexico to ask the North Korean embassy to post a 10-million peso ($770,000) bond for any damages.

An stated that North Korea had already paid the necessary fees and now had no legal obligation to wait to move their ship.