Thu 14 November 2024:

South Korea could consider more support for Ukraine in response to North Korea’s deployment of troops in Russia to support Moscow’s ongoing war, the South’s president said on Wednesday.

Speaking to Spanish news agency EFE, Yoon Suk-yeol said Pyongyang has also provided weapons to Moscow.

“If they both do not stop their dangerous military adventure, we are prepared to implement appropriate effective measures, including strengthening support for Ukraine, in cooperation with our allies and like-minded countries,” EFE quoted Yoon as saying.

Last month, Yoon said his country could consider providing arms to Ukraine “depending on the extent of military cooperation between Russia and North Korea.”

On Wednesday, South Korea’s spy agency, the National Intelligence Service, claimed that North Korean soldiers had moved to the front line region of Kursk, Russia to fight Ukrainian forces there.

On Tuesday, a Ukrainian official also claimed that 50,000 Russian and North Korean troops had been deployed to Kursk to fight Ukrainian forces, but Pyongyang has not confirmed the claims.

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North Korea ratifies major defense pact with Russia

According to the Korean Central News Agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed the decree on Monday.

“The ‘Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation’ signed in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024 was ratified as a decree of the President of the State Affairs of the DPRK,” the agency said in its short report.

The treaty will take effect from the day both sides exchange ratification instruments.

The latest development came after President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Saturday, ratifying the comprehensive strategic partnership treaty between Russia and North Korea.

Pyongyang and Moscow signed the treaty on June 19 that requires extending military aid in case of aggression by a third country.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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