South Korea, in response to the strengthening of military cooperation between Russia and the DPRK, will develop cooperation with NATO, President of the Republic of Korea Yun Seok-yeol said in an interview with the Peruvian newspaper Comercio.
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“We will respond to military cooperation between Russia and North Korea by developing close cooperation with the United States, NATO and other allies and partner countries,” the Yonhap news agency quoted the president as saying.
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According to Yun Seok Yeol, the “wrong actions” of Russia and the DPRK allegedly “threaten the security” of South Korea, and Seoul “will not leave it just like that.”
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The South Korean president also accused the leaders of Russia and the DPRK of “collusion,” saying that the “essence” of military cooperation between the Russian Federation and the DPRK is supposedly “maintaining power.” He again called the DPRK an “irrational group” and its leader Kim Jong-un a dictator whose “sole goal” is supposedly to maintain personal power, and he supposedly needs the development of nuclear weapons and missile technology to create “external threats to maintain the cohesion of the system”.
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At the same time, he stated that the construction of transport vessels by South Korean companies for the Peruvian Navy, which is the only country in South and Central America with which South Korea maintains a comprehensive strategic partnership, is extremely important for the development of defense cooperation and “bringing to a new level of mutually beneficial cooperation aimed at into the future.”
