South Korea This Monday he summoned the Russian ambassador in Seoul to denounce the sending of North Korean troops to support the Russian army in its war against Ukraine and demanded his “immediate withdrawal”.
Some 1,500 North Korean special forces soldiers are already in Russia to acclimatize and will soon be deployed to the front, said the South Korean intelligence agency, which estimates that They will send up to 12,000 soldiers.
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South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyunexpressed Seoul’s “serious concerns” about the recent sending of North Korean troops to Russia and called for “the cessation of cooperation in this area.”
Russian ambassador Zinoviev pointed out that “cooperation between Russia and North Korea takes place within the framework of international law and is not directed against security interests of the Republic of Korea,” the Russian embassy said in a statement.
In Moscow, the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskovsaid this Monday that Russia will continue to further develop this cooperation.
“North Korea is our neighbor and close partner and we develop relationships in all areas and it is our sovereign right,” he told the press.
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Relations between Pyongyang and Seoul have worsened in recent months and North Korea, equipped with nuclear weaponswas getting closer to Russia, an ally of the North Korean regime since its founding.
South Korea and the United States have long claimed that the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Unsends to Russia part of the weapons used in Ukraine.
The Russian president, Vladimir Putinmade an unusual visit to Pyongyang in June, in which both countries signed a mutual defense treaty, the details of which are unknown.
(With information from AFP)
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