SEOUL: The South Korean overseas ministry on Saturday (Feb 3) summoned Russia’s envoy in Seoul to lodge a criticism over Moscow’s criticism of current remarks by South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on North Korea’s pursuit of a nuclear arsenal.
Jung Byung-won, South Korea’s deputy overseas minister for political affairs, summoned Russian Ambassador Georgy Zinoviev on Saturday afternoon to emphasize that Moscow lashing out at Yoon’s remarks would solely have a damaging influence on the connection between the 2 international locations.
The summons got here after Yoon on Jan 31 condemned Pyongyang’s improvement of nuclear weapons to take care of the present regime, which Russian overseas ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova known as “biased” and “odious” in an announcement launched days after.
“Deputy Minister Jeong mentioned that it was very regrettable that Russia ignored the reality and unconditionally protected North Korea whereas criticising the chief’s remarks in extraordinarily impolite language, and emphasised that this could solely worsen Korea-Russia relations,” the ministry mentioned in an announcement.
