Putin: Sending weapons from South Korea to Ukraine would be a big mistake

2024-06-21 08:15:05Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Putin: Sending weapons from South Korea to Ukraine would be a big mistake
Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that South Korea would be making "a very big mistake" if it decided to supply arms to Ukraine, a day after he signed a mutual defense pact with North Korean autocrat and leader Kim. Jong Un.

He also claimed that Seoul has "nothing to worry" about the new strategic partnership signed by Russia and North Korea on Wednesday, which pledges to use all available means to provide immediate military assistance to case of war.

" Our military assistance to the DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] in accordance with the treaty we signed arises only if aggression is committed against one of the signatories of this document. As far as I know, the Republic of Korea does not plan aggression against the DPRK, which means that there is no need to be afraid of our cooperation in this area , "said Putin.

The agreement, which comes against the backdrop of Putin's bitter war against Ukraine, is the most significant deal signed by Russia and North Korea in decades and is seen as something of a revival of their Cold War-era pledge of mutual defense. of 1961.

It consolidates the Kim regime's powerful link with a veto-wielding world power in the UN Security Council and means Russia now has a defense pact with South Korea's archenemy.


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