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South Korean Government Slams Russia’s ‘Rude and Ignorant’ Response to President Yoon

Eugene Park Views  

The South Korean government has fired back at a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson who criticized President Yoon Suk Yeol’s remarks pointing out North Korea’s “legalization of preemptive nuclear use” as “biased,” calling it a “despicable sophistry.”

President Yoon Suk Yeol presides over the 57th Central Unified Defense Meeting at the Yeongbin Hall of the Blue House on January 31, 2024. [Photo provided by the Presidential Office]

On March 3, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a position statement saying, “The remarks of Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, are rude, ignorant, and biased, below the standard for a spokesperson of a country’s foreign ministry.”

The position statement added, “Such remarks overlook the clear and objective reality that North Korea’s threatening rhetoric and continued military provocations are escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula and in the region and are despicable sophistry when viewed against the standards of a nation that faithfully abides by international norms.”

The position statement further pointed out, “It is nothing but a farce to deceive the international community for Russia’s leaders to refer to the invasion of Ukraine, a clear violation of international law, as a special military operation.”

Earlier, President Yoon criticized during the 57th Central Unified Defense Meeting on January 31, saying, “The North Korean regime is the only irrational group in the world that has legalized the preemptive use of nuclear weapons,” and “It is showing an anti-ethnic and anti-unification behavior going against history that denies even its people, sparing no effort to maintain the hereditary totalitarian regime.”

In response, spokesperson Zakharova issued a comment saying, “President Yoon’s remarks are biased,” and claimed, “It comes from the intention to cover up the aggressive plans targeting the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).”

She further added, “In the situation where tensions and conflicts are escalating on the Korean Peninsula and its surroundings due to the shameless policies of the United States, South Korea, Japan, and their allies, (his remarks) are particularly despicable.”

Eugene Park
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  • Ira Un

    North Korea and Russia deserve each other. Both are countries run by dictators who fake progress and repress human rights on a massive scale all for appearance.

  • Edward Park

    Putin met with Kim Jong-Un personally in Moscow last September, highlighting both countries growing isolation. In other words, there is noone left for Russia to dance with except DPRK. Putin pledged to help NK's space program, and NK backed Russia's Ukraine invasion. Mainly, they are both pariahs.

  • funkle esther

    Russia is "no longer communist" so why support in any way support this abomination that if the DPRK ?

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