"North Korea is simply a 'clear threat' to Europe, says president Yoon NATO"

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AUTHOR: TYLER DURDEN

TUESDAY, Jul 09, 2024 - 08:45

South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol announced that he plans to discuss a safety issue that is rather different for NATO, while traveling to the yearly NATO summit in Washington this week.

Plans to supply information on "clear threat" that North Korea poses to Europe At a time erstwhile leaders Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin deepen their ties, including on the defensive cooperation front.

"Military cooperation between Russia and North Korea represents a clear threat and a major challenge for peace and safety in the Korean Peninsula and Europe" – said Yoon Reuter agency. Last period Putin signed a pact with Kim during a uncommon visit to Pjongjangu in which both agreed to common military assistance.

Through AP


Of course, South Korea does not belong to NATO, and Pyongyang's threat to the Western military alliance is usually not a precedence topic.

President Yoon became the first South Korean leader to always participate in the NATO summit in 2022. This week the summit will be attended by 4 NATO allies from the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia, Japan and fresh Zealand.

Yoon described in his comments that possible fresh military support for Ukraine "depends entirely" on the future state of Russian-South Korean relations. South Korea wondering whether to send weapons to Ukraine, and Yoon stressed that the decision would be made on the basis of the fresh military pact between Moscow and Pyongyang.

"North Korea is simply a clear threat to the global community," Yoon continued. "I hope Russia wisely decides which side - South or North - is more crucial and needed for its own interests".

There have already been widespread reports of North sending hundreds of thousands of artillery missiles to Russian forces. Analysts say that although direct dispatch of troops is unlikely, remains possible:

For now, the possible of deploying North Korean soldiers in Ukraine is speculative and unlikely, said Business Insider experts.

But if this had happened, the main benefit Russia would have gained from this would have been the number of North Korean soldiers themselves, not their effectiveness.

"North Korea has a large army of 1.3 million soldiers" Edward Howell, a associate of the Korea Foundation in the Asia-Pacific Program Chatham House, said BI.

"However, the quality of North Korean conventional weapons, weapons and soldiers themselves is much weaker," he said.

Yoon seeks to strengthen ties with Europe to further exert force on Kim and isolate North Korea, and now focuses on the issue of war in Ukraine.

When asked in an interview with Reuters about relations with Washington during a possible Trump administration, he replied: "Soyose remains strong in the future".


Translated by Google Translator

source:https://www.zerohedge.com/

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