EU’s Excessive Consultant for Overseas Affairs and Safety Coverage Josep Borrell (EPA-Yonhap)
European Union international coverage chief Josep Borrell mentioned Sunday he’ll talk about methods to advance the EU’s safety and protection cooperation with South Korea throughout his go to to Seoul.
Borrell, the EU’s excessive consultant for international affairs and safety coverage, wrote on social media platform X earlier within the day that he arrived in Seoul to co-chair the primary Strategic Dialogue with Overseas Minister Cho Tae-yul.
“Over the previous years, we now have grow to be even nearer companions making important progress with the Digital, Inexperienced & Well being Partnerships,” Borrell wrote, noting his go to is geared toward taking the safety and protection cooperation “to the following degree.”
Discussions are more likely to tackle shared issues over North Korea’s dispatch of troops to Russia in help of its battle in Ukraine and their joint responses.
Final week, Borrell strongly condemned North Korea’s deployment of troops to Russia, calling his upcoming go to to Seoul a “well timed and necessary alternative to debate these worrying developments.”
Throughout his go to, Borrell may also maintain talks with Protection Minister Kim Yong-hyun and go to the Joint Safety Space within the Demilitarized Zone separating the 2 Koreas, in accordance with the European Exterior Motion Service. (Yonhap)
