High diplomats of South Korea and the European Union will maintain talks subsequent week, Seoul’s international ministry stated Tuesday, with discussions prone to cowl North Korea’s dispatch of troops to Russia.
International Minister Cho Tae-yul and Josep Borrell, the EU’s excessive consultant for international affairs and safety coverage, will meet in Seoul subsequent Monday on the inaugural South Korea-EU strategic dialogue.
The strategic dialogue platform was established following a bilateral summit held in Might final yr.
Borrell’s go to was scheduled earlier than the revelations of North Korea’s troop deployment to Russia. Given the newest developments, the 2 sides are anticipated to debate deepening army ties between Pyongyang and Moscow with South Korean officers.
The 2 sides are additionally prone to discover cooperative measures in addressing the difficulty, on condition that the EU has declared its readiness to impose impartial sanctions in response to North Korea’s deployment.
The USA stated Monday that North Korea has despatched round 10,000 troopers to jap Russia for coaching.
North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia’s western front-line Kursk area, the chief of the North Atlantic Treaty Group stated Monday.
President Yoon Suk Yeol had a cellphone name with European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday.
In the course of the name, they reviewed progress on the safety and protection partnership introduced on the summit held in Seoul in Might 2023, the EU stated in a press launch.
“This partnership underscores the interlinked nature of the safety of Europe and of East-Asia. It is going to reinforce the shared dedication of the EU and the Republic of Korea to advertise peace and stability throughout each areas,” it stated, referring to South Korea by its official title.
Von der Leyen moreover expressed the EU’s concern over the deepening army cooperation between Russia and North Korea, which might embolden Pyongyang to escalate tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Earlier within the day, South Korea’s spy company stated some North Korean generals and troops despatched to Russia to help Moscow’s warfare in Ukraine may need moved to the battlefield zones. (Yonhap)
