South Korea will reconsider its stance on arms supplies to Ukraine after North Korea and the terrorist federation signed a strategic partnership agreement that includes a mutual commitment to provide immediate military assistance in the event of an attack.
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We plan to reconsider the issue of supporting Ukraine with weapons,” said National Security Adviser Chan Ho-jin.
At the same time, he said that Korea will maintain strategic uncertainty about the types of weapons.
Specific measures will be announced later, and it will be interesting to see how Russia responds, rather than revealing our plans in advance,” the official emphasized.
Currently, South Korea takes a tough stance on not providing lethal assistance to Ukraine and does not transfer weapons to us – despite the fact that this country is one of the world’s largest arms suppliers.
According to Chung, South Korea will also impose additional sanctions against four ships, five organizations and eight people involved in the transfer of weapons and oil between Russia and North Korea, and will expand the list of goods subject to export controls – adding 243 new items, bringing the total the number of goods under sanctions will be 1 thousand 402.
Article 4 of the treaty between the Russian Federation and the DPRK states that in the event of an attack on one of the parties to the treaty, the other party “will immediately provide military and other assistance with all means at its disposal.” The publication’s journalists learned that this article almost completely repeats Article 1 of the Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance, which was signed by Nikita Khrushchev and Kim Il Sung in 1961.
Chan Ho-jin said that the South Korean government condemns the signing of an agreement between the Russian Federation and the DPRK. According to him, any cooperation that directly or indirectly contributes to the military strengthening of North Korea is a violation of UN Security Council resolutions and will be subject to international control and sanctions.
Source: Racurs
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