SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's foreign ministry voiced 'grave concern' Friday after Russia moved to ratify its defense treaty with North Korea, calling again on Moscow to stop its 'illegal cooperation' with Pyongyang.
SEOUL , South Korea — South Korea's foreign ministry voiced 'grave concern' Friday after Russia moved to ratify its defense treaty with North Korea, calling again on Moscow to stop its 'illegal cooperation' with Pyongyang.On Thursday, Russian lawmakers voted unanimously to ratify a defense treaty with North Korea that provides for 'mutual assistance' if either party faces aggression.
''The government will work together with the international community to firmly respond to military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, and take appropriate measures as their military collaboration progresses,' it said.On Thursday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol called the deployment a 'provocation that threatens global security beyond the Korean Peninsula and Europe,' after talks with Polish President Andrzej Duda.
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