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President Yoon Suk Yeol says North Korea’s deployment of troops to Russia is a provocation that threatens global security, and Seoul will not sit back and watch.
Yoon and visiting Polish President Andrzej Duda on Thursday held asummit in Seoul, where they discussed the Russia’s war in Ukraine and North Korea’s participation in the conflict.
Yoon and Duda strongly denounced North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile development as well as Pyongyang’s military cooperation with Moscow.
Yoon said South Korea will collaborate with the international community to take necessary steps in phases to respond to how the Russia-North Korea collaboration will pan out.
Yoon added that he and Duda also agreed to boost joint efforts toward establishing peace in Ukraine and rebuilding the war-torn country.