South Korea's foreign minister Cho Tae-yul and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken have condemned the new treaty between Russia and North Korea, describing it as a serious threat to regional peace and stability. In response, South Korea has called in the top Russian envoy to protest the treaty and urged Russia to halt its military cooperation with North Korea. Blinken highlighted that the deepening military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, including ongoing arms transfers, violates multiple United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions. This condemnation follows Russian President Putin’s trip to Pyongyang.
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.@SecBlinken spoke with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul to discuss Russian President Putin’s trip to Pyongyang. He condemned deepening military cooperation between the DPRK and Russia, including ongoing arms transfers that violate multiple UNSC resolutions.
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South Korea's foreign minister Cho Tae-yul and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned the new treaty between Russia and North Korea as a serious threat to regional peace and stability, Seoul's foreign ministry said in a statement https://t.co/8Q8NyIhth5