On June 21, South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador to protest a new defense pact between Russia and North Korea, signed during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Pyongyang. This pact, promising mutual defense, comes amid heightened tensions following anti-Pyongyang leaflet campaigns by South Korean activists, prompting vague threats from North Korea. The pact led South Korea to consider supplying arms to Ukraine. Concurrently, South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong Kyun expressed concerns to Russian Ambassador Georgy Zinoviev about military cooperation between Russia and North Korea.
South Korea Protests Russia-North Korea Defense Pact Amid Rising Tensions
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