Nov. 11 (EUROPA PRESS) –
South Korea’s Defense Ministry on Friday reiterated its commitment not to supply lethal weapons to Ukraine, clearing up rumors of a “confidential” deal between Seoul and Washington on artillery exports to kyiv.
The ‘Wall Street Journal’ newspaper published hours earlier that the United States was planning to buy 100,000 artillery shells from South Korea with the aim of sending them to Ukraine.
In this sense, the South Korean Defense Minister, Lee Jong Sup, has clarified that “close consultations” with the Biden Administration are being carried out to “compensate for the shortage of ammunition” in US reserves “under the premise” that the materials “will be used by the US.”
“There are no changes in the South Korean government’s commitment not to supply lethal weapons to Ukraine,” added the ministerial portfolio, as reported by the Yonhap news agency.
