The EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and his South Korean counterpart Cho Tae-yul have held their first strategic meetings to discuss the deployment of North Korean troops in Russia for the war in Ukraine. The two sides stressed the urgent need to bolster their security and defense cooperation in the face of increasing cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang.
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00:00Top diplomats from South Korea and the European Union are calling for greater security ties
00:06after their first strategic meeting.
00:09It comes as North Korea sends troops to Russia for deployment in its war in Ukraine.
00:14The EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell stressed the urgent need to bolster joint
00:19security and defense capabilities in the face of growing cooperation between Moscow and
00:24Pyongyang.
00:26It's not a theoretical approach.
00:28It is because the war is at the borders of Europe, and it is because in this war North
00:36Korean troops are going to participate, so this increases the need for us to work together.
00:45The two sides also underscored the importance of their shared values and for democracies
00:50to work together.