South Korea describes North Korea’s support for Russia as a “major” threat at a NATO meeting
A high-ranking South Korean general called for a joint response to North Korea’s military support for Russia at a NATO meeting this week, calling it a “major threat” To the international community, the southern army said on Friday.
Lieutenant General Son Jeong-hwan, head of strategic planning at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made these statements in Brussels during a session The NATO Military Committee of Defense Chiefs, which lasted two days until yesterday, Thursday, according to a statement by the Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, reported by the South Korean News Agency. (Yonhap).
The Joint Chiefs of Staff said: “Son explained” North Korea’s recent military support for Russia and missile provocations have become a major threat to the international community outside the Korean Peninsula. She added: “To deter this, Son confirmed” On the need for close coordination and response with the international community.
It is estimated that North Korea has sent about 11,000 soldiers to support Russia in its war against Ukraine, according to South Korean officials.< /p>
"Sun" The security situation in South Korea is being managed “stablely,” the Joint Chiefs of Staff said, amid the political crisis in the country sparked by President Yoon Seok-yul’s imposition of a political crisis in the country. Martial law, which did not last long at the beginning of last month.
Son participated At the session after NATO invited South Korea to attend the meeting as a partner of the alliance in the Indo-Pacific region, and this was the tenth time that South Korea participated in NATO meetings since its first attendance in 2010.
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