By Hyunsu Yim
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s overseas ministry mentioned 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 navy cooperation between Russia and North Korea to Georgy Zinoviev, the highest Russian envoy to Seoul, Seoul’s overseas ministry mentioned.
Kim advised Zinoviev that Russia’s navy help for North Korea harms South Korea’s safety and would inevitably have a “negative impact” on relations between Seoul and Moscow.
He additionally urged Russia to “act responsibly,” in keeping with the ministry.
Makes an attempt to intimidate Russia are unacceptable, Zinoviev was quoted as saying by the Russian Embassy in Seoul.
“The ambassador said that cooperation between Russia and North Korea is not aimed at a third country,” the embassy mentioned in a put up 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 menace to regional peace and stability, Seoul’s overseas ministry mentioned 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 carefully monitor the scenario, the overseas ministry mentioned.
Blinken mentioned america helps South Korea’s responses to safety threats. Underneath the pact, Moscow and Pyongyang mentioned every nation would supply instant navy help if both faces armed aggression.
Cho mentioned any cooperation to assist strengthen North Korea’s navy capabilities is a transparent violation of the U.N. Safety Council resolutions, in keeping with the assertion.
The US will contemplate varied methods to reply to the menace 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 International Minister Yoko Kamikawa, and each expressed grave concern over the treaty between Moscow and Pyongyang, in keeping with the ministry.
South Korean Nationwide Safety Adviser Chang Ho-jin mentioned on Thursday that Seoul would overview the opportunity of supplying weapons to Ukraine in response to the landmark pact.
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