North Korea must not be rewarded for deploying troops to fight in the Ukraine war, according to South Korea’s foreign minister, emphasizing the need to halt “illegal military cooperation” between Pyongyang and Moscow.
Cho Tae-yul made the statement at a press conference following trilateral talks with his Chinese and Japanese counterparts in Tokyo on Saturday, Seoul’s foreign ministry confirmed.
North Korea must not be rewarded for deploying troops to fight in the Ukraine war, according to South Korea’s foreign minister, emphasizing the need to halt “illegal military cooperation” between Pyongyang and Moscow.
Cho Tae-yul made the statement at a press conference following trilateral talks with his Chinese and Japanese counterparts in Tokyo on Saturday, Seoul’s foreign ministry confirmed.
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