Stoltenberg announces ‘flagship project’ with South Korea on Ukraine

This was announced by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Ukrinform reports citing Yonhap.

Stoltenberg said he has invited the leaders of South Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand to the NATO summit for the third consecutive year to expand the security alliance's partnership with the countries in the Indo-Pacific region, when Russia is continuing its war in Ukraine with help from North Korea, Iran and China.

"Iran and North Korea are fuelling Russia's war with drones and shells. China is propping up Russia's war economy, and providing microelectronics and other dual-use goods for Russia's war. The closer that authoritarian actors align, the more important it is that we work closely with our friends in the Indo-Pacific,” he said.

At the upcoming summit, Stoltenberg noted, NATO will build on practical cooperation for "flagship projects" on Ukraine, cyber and new technologies and discuss defense industry cooperation with South Korea.

“The flagship project is partly about the medical education of Ukrainian soldiers. We are also looking into how we can expand the exchange of intelligence information with South Korea,” Stoltenberg said.

As reported by Ukrinform, the South Korean government, in response to the signing of an agreement by Russia and the DPRK with mutual obligations to provide immediate military assistance in the event of an attack on the other side, announced its intention to reconsider its position on arms supplies to Ukraine.

At the same time, Seoul emphasizes that it will determine the types of weapons and the amount of supplies to Ukraine based on Russia's actions in its cooperation with North Korea.

South Korea's National Security Advisor Chang Ho-jin said that Seoul will not be bound by anything with regard to its assistance to Ukraine if Russia provides North Korea with precision weapons.

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