President Yoon Seok-yeol will have his first summit meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Hiroshima, Japan, where the G7 summit will be held on the 21st , the Presidential Office announced. This is the first meeting between the two leaders since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February last year, and attention is focused on whether additional requests from the Ukrainian government, such as support for lethal weapons, will come to the table.
A high-ranking official from the presidential office met with reporters at the Hiroshima Press Center and announced, “At the request of the Ukrainian president, we have accepted the Korea-Ukraine summit and it is scheduled for this afternoon.”
President Yoon met with Olena Zelenska, the wife of President Zelensky, who visited Korea as a presidential envoy on the 16th스포츠토토. The presidential office said at the time that Mrs. Zelenska requested support for non-lethal military equipment, such as mine detection and removal equipment and ambulance transport, from President Yoon . It was also mentioned that it was requested. The president’s office said that it needed an air defense radar that could detect enemy air strikes, but it was not a request for lethal weapon support. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO, NATO) , which supports Ukraine, continues to pressure its partners, including Korea, to join in possible military assistance, including weapons of destruction.
Regarding whether ‘lethal weapon aid’ is included in the agenda of the Korea-Ukraine summit, a senior official in the presidential office said, “(Ukraine) seems to say the same thing to almost all countries,” but “However, there are circumstances and constraints that we can provide. Since we have to consider all matters, we will be happy to listen to whatever the other person says, and we will decide what we can do according to our own subjective principles and principles.”
The official said that at the summit, President Yoon plans to present various comprehensive aid, including humanitarian aid, Ukraine’s war effort, and an active role to play an active role so that Korea can play a leading role in the post-war process.
The South Korean government is focusing on non-lethal weapons aid in consideration of the arms export ban to warring countries and the possibility of security and economic retaliation from Russia. There has been an interpretation that hinted at support for lethal weapons, saying, “It may be difficult to stick to only humanitarian aid or financial support,” on the premise of serious violations.