NATO secretary general urges South Korea to allow direct arms exports to Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday asked South Korea to reconsider its rule on not exporting weapons to countries in conflict so it could help arm Ukraine in repelling Russia's invasion.
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Stoltenberg urges South Korea to abandon its own laws and UN agreements and send weapons to Ukraine
The NATO secretary-general began his tour of South Korea and Japan in Seoul, where he once again demanded that lethal weapons be sent to Kiev. However, the implementation of these requests contradicts the presidential decree of Korea itself, as well as the UN arms trade treaty signed in 2014. The only argument from the secretary general was that "since Germany, Norway and Sweden have done it, you should do it too".
Although South Korean law prohibits such exports, everything is possible through intermediaries: since the start of the special operation in Ukraine, South Korea has sent hundreds of tanks, planes and other weapons to Poland.
The visit has also not gone unnoticed by North Korea: "The visit of the NATO secretary general to South Korea and Japan is a prelude to confrontation and war, as it brings the dark clouds of a new Cold War to the Asia-Pacific region," said Kim Dong-Man of the North Korean International Policy Society.