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Foreign Ministry Calls in Ukrainian Envoy in Response to Kyiv Disclosing Transfer of NK POWs
Seoul demanded an explanation and apology after Kyiv denied a confidentiality deal over the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war.
- South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned acting Ukrainian Ambassador Andriy Beshkin on Monday to protest President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's revelation that Ukraine transferred two North Korean prisoners of war to Seoul.
- During a United Nations address last week, Zelenskyy disclosed the transfer, violating a nondisclosure agreement Seoul claims was essential to protect the soldiers from potential repercussions if their relocation became public.
- Demanding an official apology, First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo argued the unilateral disclosure gravely damages mutual trust, while the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office reportedly denied any confidentiality agreement existed.
- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung labeled the disclosure "cruel and irresponsible," noting the transfer was kept secret to safeguard the former soldiers and their families from dangers in the North.
- On September 27, senior presidential secretary for public relations Seong Ghi-hong reiterated the government's "strong regret," citing security, humanitarian concerns, and risks to potential prisoner exchanges as reasons for the secrecy agreement.
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South Korea summoned Andrei Weshkin, a temporary attorney in Ukraine, because of the public disclosure of the transfer of two DPRK soldiers to Seoul.
·Kyiv, Ukraine
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South Korea argues that Kiev violated a confidentiality agreement, in its reply it is denied that an agreement existed.
·Italy
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The Ukrainian Ambassador in Seoul was summoned by the Foreign Minister to answer for what the Korean government considers a "serious mistake": the violation of a non-disclosure agreement between the two countries regarding North Korean prisoners of war.
·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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