Seoul to consider sending weapons support to Ukraine in response to N. Korea-Russia treaty
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After North Korea and Russia inked a deal to mutually assist each other in the event of an attack, South Korea says it will re-examine the idea of weapons support for Ukraine.
Our correspondent Oh Soo-young starts us off.
South Korea will consider sending weapons support to Ukraine and slap extra sanctions on Russia, as it condemns the Kremlin's pact with North Korea to strengthen military and economic ties.
National Security Advisor Chang Ho-jin on Thursday delivered the South Korean government's stance after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin met Wednesday in Pyongyang and agreed that, in the event of war, they would provide one another with "military and other assistance", with “all means at its disposal without delay."
Chang said he sees any form of cooperation that provides direct or indirect support towards building up North Korea's military as a violation of United Nations Security Council sanctions, vowing a firm response.
"Especially as a permanent member of the UN Security Council that led sanctions against North Korea, Russia’s violation of its resolutions by supporting North Korea threatens our security and will inevitably harm Seoul-Moscow relations."
Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine in 2022, South Korea has maintained a policy of providing only humanitarian aid and non-lethal military supplies to Ukraine.
Chang says the government will now reconsider that policy.
A senior presidential official later told reporters he would not specify whether lethal weapons are being considered but various options are being reviewed, and will be revealed in time.
Seoul also plans to strengthen its sanctions policy, targeting 243 new subjects, including four Russian ships, five organizations, and eight North Korean individuals involved in weapons and oil exchanges between the two sides.
"There are currently 1,159 items that are subject to export controls to Russia that have been used since the Ukraine War, but the government has decided to add 243 new items. So a total of 1,402 items will be subject to sanctions in the future."
Chang said the measures were decided during a regular National Security Council meeting, after a review of Pyongyang and Moscow's comprehensive strategic partnership pact released on Thursday morning, but noted all specific details had not yet been fully grasped.
While the North Korean leader declared the treaty raises their partnership to an alliance, the Russian President's more subdued remarks suggest otherwise.
The treaty's controversial Article Four on mutual assistance refers to their respective domestic laws, and Article 51 of the UN Charter that recognizes a state’s right to self-defense.
This suggests the current pact may not trigger an immediate allied intervention as a mutual defense treaty would, according to a senior official.
In any case, Seoul says it will firmly respond to any actions threatening its security in cooperation with the international community, and further reinforce the South Korea-U.S. alliance and their trilateral cooperation with Japan to neutralise North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats.
Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department on Thursday said it welcomes "any support to Ukraine" in fighting Russia's aggression, but the question of supplying weapons is each country's decision to make.
Washington also expressed deep concern over Putin's threat to supply Pyongyang with weapons, as a response to support for Kyiv, warning such a move would "destabilize" the Korean peninsula.
Oh Soo-young, Arirang News.
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