Call to arms

CALL TO ARMS

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, calls on South Korea to provide direct military support to Ukraine, saying Kyiv is in urgent need of weapons to fight off the prolonged Russian invasion. South Korea, a growing arms exporter with a well-equipped, US-backed military, has provided humanitarian aid and other support to Ukraine while joining US.-led economic sanctions against Moscow. But it has not directly provided arms to Ukraine, citing a long-standing policy of not supplying weapons to countries actively engaged in conflict. Speaking at a forum in Seoul, Stoltenberg, a former Norwegian prime minister noted that several NATO members and allies, including Germany, Norway and Sweden, have changed their policies of not exporting weapons to countries in conflict to support Ukraine. Stoltenberg also met with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday to discuss South Korea’s commitment to support Ukraine and NATO’s possible role in dissuading North Korea from its growing nuclear ambitions following an unprecedented number of ballistic missile tests in 2022. Following a meeting with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin on Sunday, Stoltenberg mentioned US intelligence reports accusing North Korea of providing weapons to Russia to support its war in Ukraine, which he said highlights how security between the regions is 'more and more interconnected.'

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