By Hyunsu Yim
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s overseas ministry stated it had summoned the Russian ambassador in protest of a pact between Russia and North Korea signed in Pyongyang this week, as a Reuters witness noticed him enter the ministry constructing on Friday afternoon.
First vice overseas minister Kim Hong-kyun conveyed Seoul’s stance on the pact and army cooperation between Russia and North Korea to Georgy Zinoviev, the highest Russian envoy to Seoul, Seoul’s overseas ministry stated.
Kim advised Zinoviev that Russia’s army help for North Korea harms South Korea’s safety and would inevitably have a “damaging impression” on relations between Seoul and Moscow.
He additionally urged Russia to “act responsibly,” in accordance with the ministry.
Makes an attempt to intimidate Russia are unacceptable, Zinoviev was quoted as saying by the Russian Embassy in Seoul.
“The ambassador stated that cooperation between Russia and North Korea just isn’t aimed toward a 3rd nation,” the embassy stated in a submit on X quickly after he was summoned to the ministry.
South Korea’s overseas minister, Cho Tae-yul, and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken have condemned the treaty as a severe risk to regional peace and stability, Seoul’s overseas ministry stated in a press release on Friday.
The 2 in a telephone name on Thursday additionally mentioned methods to reply to the summit between Putin and North Korean chief Kim Jong Un and agreed to intently monitor the state of affairs, the overseas ministry stated.
Blinken stated america helps South Korea’s responses to safety threats. Below the pact, Moscow and Pyongyang stated every nation would supply rapid army help if both faces armed aggression.
Cho stated any cooperation to assist strengthen North Korea’s army capabilities is a transparent violation of the U.N. Safety Council resolutions, in accordance with the assertion.
The US will think about varied methods to reply to the risk to worldwide peace and stability from Russia and North Korea, Blinken was quoted as saying by the ministry.
Cho additionally spoke on the telephone with Japanese Overseas Minister Yoko Kamikawa, and each expressed grave concern over the treaty between Moscow and Pyongyang, in accordance with the ministry.
South Korean Nationwide Safety Adviser Chang Ho-jin stated on Thursday that Seoul would overview the potential of supplying weapons to Ukraine in response to the landmark pact.
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