Ukraine’s defence minister is holding bilateral meetings in South Korea
Further to our previous post a Ukrainian delegation led by defence minister, Rustem Umerov, meeting South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, the Associated Press (AP) has further details.
According to the AP, Yoon’s office said in a statement that the president hopes that Seoul and Kyiv will work out effective ways to cope with the security threat posed by the North Korean-Russian military cooperation including the North’s troop dispatch.
The Ukrainian delegation later met separately with Yoon’s national security adviser, Shin Wonsik, and defense minister, Kim Yong Hyun. During the meetings, Umerov briefed the South Korean officials on the status of the Russia-Ukraine war and expressed hope that Kyiv and Seoul will strengthen cooperation, the statement said.
It said the two sides agreed to continue to share information on the North Korean troops in Russia and North Korean-Russian weapons and technology transfers while closely coordinating with the US.
The AP reports that the South Korean statement did not say whether the two sides discussed Seoul’s possible weapons supply to Ukraine.
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