South Korea Considers Providing Ukraine With Weapons. Putin Says It Would Be "A Big Mistake"

Russia and North Korea has signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement, with each country pledging mutual assistance in the event of an attack on either country.

SEOUL/MOSCOW - After Seoul said that the new comprehensive strategic partnership agreement between Russia and North Korea poses a threat to South Korea's security and said it would reconsider its policy of limiting support to Ukraine to only non-lethal aid, Russian President Vladimir Putin responded by saying that South Korea would be making "a big mistake" if it arms Ukraine.

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The new comprehensive strategic partnership agreement between Russia and North Korea pledging assistance in the event of an attack on either country requires each country not to take actions that harm the other's core interests.

The treaty states, "If one of the two sides is placed under war situations due to an armed invasion from an individual country or several nations, the other side provides military and other assistance without delay by mobilizing all means in its possession in line with the Article 51 of the U.N. Charter and the laws of the DPRK and the Russian Federation". 

So far, although South Korea has sent humanitarian aid and equipment to Ukraine, it has not yet agreed to send lethal weapons to the country.

The new military cooperation brewing between Russia and North Korea has given South Korea cause to rethink its position on sending lethal aid. Furthermore, North Korea itself has also pledged its own "full support" for Russia's war on Ukraine.

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