Seoul shows its “great concern” about the Duma’s ratification of the agreement between Moscow and Pyongyang

MADRID 25 Oct. () –

The Government of South Korea expressed this Friday its “great concern” after the Russian Duma ratified the defense agreement reached between Moscow and Pyongyang, while reiterating its call for an end to what it describes as “illegal cooperation “between both countries.

“The Government expresses its serious concern about the fact that Russia is proceeding with the ratification of the treaty between Russia and North Korea, in the midst of the deployment of troops in Russia by North Korea,” said sources from the South Korean Foreign Ministry. .

Thus, they have “firmly” demanded that Pyongyang “immediately withdraw its troops from Russia” and “end its illegal cooperation with Moscow,” before announcing that there will be steps in response from Seoul, as reported by the South Korean agency. Yonhap News.

The reaction of the South Korean Government comes a day after the Lower House of the Russian Parliament, the State Duma, ratified the association agreement signed in June with North Korea and which has given rise to an apparent intensification of military collaboration between Pyongyang. and Moscow with the deployment of North Korean troops in Russian territory with a view to their possible sending to the front in Ukraine.

In this context, the president of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, Thursday condemned the “illegal military cooperation” between Russia and North Korea and assured that “the necessary measures will be taken, step by step.” “We are not going to stand by and watch while North Korea sends troops to Russia,” he asserted, before emphasizing that North Korea’s sending of troops to Russia “directly violates the UN Charter and the resolutions of the UN Security Council.” UN”.