South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed to “broaden the scale” of humanitarian aid and non-lethal military equipment to Ukraine on Saturday, in his first visit to Kiev to meet his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.
South Korea, which is the ninth largest arms exporter in the world, has a long-standing policy of not delivering weapons to areas where there are active conflicts and has upheld this principle despite repeated requests from the United States, European powers and other countries. Ukraine.
Seoul “will expand the scale of supplies from last year when we delivered materials such as helmets and bulletproof vests,” Yoon said, adding that humanitarian aid will increase to $150 million in 2023 from $100 million in 2022. Zelenski thanked the South Korean president for the gesture of visiting the country at war for the first time. “Thank you for this significant conversation. Thank you for your strong support,” said the Ukrainian president during an appearance before the press together with Yoon.
The Ukrainian president also thanked the shipment of demining vehicles and equipment that “helped save many lives.” to “achieve a miraculous victory” over Pyongyang and become one of the world’s largest economies. Seoul, which is technically still at war with North Korea, produces large volumes of weapons that are compatible with equipment used by NATO.
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