Yoon on Deployment to North Korea: "A Dangerous and Unprecedented Matter... Solidarity with the International Community"

Yoon Meets Delegations from Five Central Asian Countries
"Joint Response to Security Threats from Russia and North Korea"

President Yoon Suk-yeol is speaking at the Cabinet meeting held on the 29th of last month at the Yongsan Presidential Office Building in Seoul. Photo by Yonhap News

President Yoon Suk-yeol emphasized on the 4th that North Korea's deployment to the Russia-Ukraine war is a "dangerous and unprecedented act" and stated that South Korea will stand in solidarity with the international community.

The presidential office announced that President Yoon made these remarks while meeting with delegations from five Central Asian countries?Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan?who were visiting South Korea to attend the 17th Korea-Central Asia Cooperation Forum.

President Yoon pointed out, "North Korea is engaging in illegal military cooperation with Russia, directly violating international law and UN Security Council resolutions, going beyond the transfer of military weapons to the dangerous and unprecedented act of dispatching special forces."

He added, "The international community must unite and jointly respond to the challenges posed by Russia and North Korea, which threaten global peace and security."

President Yoon urged the Central Asian countries, which have long maintained communication channels with Russia and North Korea, to make diplomatic efforts to prevent military cooperation between Russia and North Korea.

The chief representatives of the five Central Asian countries responded by stating, "International law and the UN Charter must be respected, and the independence and territorial sovereignty of all countries must be upheld," emphasizing the need for dialogue and cooperation among all partner countries.

President Yoon also stressed that Central Asia is an economically and diplomatically important region for South Korea.

He explained, "The government values the strategic importance of Central Asia and, along with the Central Asia tour in June, announced Korea's first specialized diplomatic strategy for Central Asia, the Korea-Central Asia K Silk Road Cooperation Initiative, to promote groundbreaking and systematic development of Korea-Central Asia relations."

He mentioned that next year, the Korea-Central Asia Summit will be held for the first time in South Korea, expressing hope that it will serve as an opportunity to elevate Korea-Central Asia relations to a new level and that the Central Asian countries will show active interest and cooperation.

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