EU Excessive Consultant for International Affairs and Safety Coverage Josep Borrell delivers a gap deal with throughout a gathering on the Defence Ministry in Tokyo, Nov. 1. AFP-Yonhap
European Union (EU) international coverage chief Josep Borrell mentioned Sunday he’ll focus on 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 International Minister Cho Tae-yul.
“Over the previous years, we’ve develop into even nearer companions making vital 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 deal with shared issues over North Korea’s dispatch of troops to Russia in assist of its struggle 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 even maintain talks with Protection Minister Kim Yong-hyun and go to the Joint Safety Space within the Demilitarized Zone separating the 2 Koreas, in line with the European Exterior Motion Service. (Yonhap)
