On the same day, First Vice Minister of State for Foreign Affairs summoned Russian Ambassador to South Korea Georgy Zinoviev to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul. It was the first time in four months that the South Korean government had summoned Ambassador Zinoviev.
Vice Minister Kim conveyed the South Korean government's firm stance regarding North Korea's dispatch of troops to Russia and strongly urged the immediate withdrawal of North Korean troops and the cessation of related cooperation.
Kim said, "The current situation in which military ties between Russia and North Korea have gone beyond the movement of military supplies to the point of actually sending North Korean troops is a serious security threat not only to our country but to the international community."
"This is a violation of numerous UN Security Council resolutions and the UN Charter," he said. "We condemn in the strongest terms the illegal military cooperation, including the dispatch of North Korean troops to Russia, and we will not tolerate any acts that threaten our core interests.
"We will respond to these acts by using all possible means in cooperation with the international community," he said.
We will report this accurately to the country."
2024/10/21 16:37 KST
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