SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will provide Ukraine with more demining aid, Kim Tae-hyo, South Korea’s first head of state security, said on Tuesday, as South Korean President Yoon Seok-yol visited Ukraine yesterday and pledged more military and humanitarian aid to Kiev to counter Russia. equipment.
“We are considering expanding support for mine detectors and demining equipment because it has been assessed that there is a huge need for these equipment in Ukraine,” Kim Tae-hyo told a media briefing.
After attending the NATO summit in Lithuania and visiting Poland, Yoon Suk Yeol made a surprise visit to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv yesterday and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to promise More assistance will be provided.
South Korea, a U.S. ally and major arms exporter, has resisted Western pressure to supply arms directly to Ukraine, citing commercial ties with Russia and Moscow’s influence over North Korea.
Yoon Suk-yue said at a press conference after yesterday’s meeting that South Korea will provide “larger-scale military supplies” to Ukraine this year, following last year’s supply of non-lethal equipment such as body armor and helmets. Central News Agency (Translation)
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2023-07-16 22:58:17
