President Yoon said, "North Korea will not sit idly by sending troops to Russia...Review of supply of lethal weapons"

President Yoon's Summit with Polish President on 'State Visit'

Condemns North Korea's Nuclear and Missile Development, Dispatch to Russia

President Yoon "North Korea's dispatch of troops to Russia, provocations that threaten the world"

[Anchor]
President Yoon Suk Yeol said he would not sit idly by the North's dispatch of troops to Russia, and said he would also consider supplying weapons of killing directly to Ukraine depending on the North Korean military's activities.

This is the first time President Yoon has criticized North Korea's dispatch of troops to Russia in public, after the summit with the Polish president.

Reporter Kang Min-kyung reports.

[Reporter]
President Yoon Suk Yeol held a summit following an official welcoming ceremony for President Andrzej Duda, who visited Korea as the first Polish president in 11 years.

In a joint press conference after the meeting, the two leaders unanimously condemned North Korea's nuclear and missile development and provocations, and illegal military cooperation with Russia.President

Yoon said North Korea's dispatch of troops to Russia, in particular, is a "provocation" that violates U.N. Security Council resolutions and threatens global security, and will not sit idly by.

[Yoon Suk Yeol / President: The Republic of Korea has made it clear that it will never sit idly by and will take necessary steps along with the international community in accordance with the progress of Russia-North Korea military cooperation]President Yun

said he would take necessary steps with the international community in accordance with the progress of Russia-North Korea military cooperation, leaving open the possibility of providing weapons of killing to Ukraine.

[Yoon Suk Yeol / President: We had the principle of not supplying weapons of killing directly, but we can review them more flexibly according to the activities of the North Korean military]

Although he condemned Russia-North Korea military cooperation in a phone call with NATO Secretary-General on the 21st, it is the first time that President Yoon condemned the dispatch of North Korean troops in public and announced a plan to consider providing weapons for killing.

On the day of the summit, it is interpreted as a response to North Korea raising the level of provocation by sending leaflets criticizing the president and his wife on balloons to the Yongsan government building.

At the Korea-Poland summit, defense cooperation will also continue, including the successful conclusion of the second K2 tank implementation contract worth about $7 billion within this year.

The presidential office said the summit has strengthened mutually beneficial defense partnerships and established consensus on the situation on the Korean Peninsula and Ukraine issues.

I'm Kang Min-kyung of YTN.


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