Russia summons South Korean ambassador over what it calls "unfriendly" sanctions



Briefings Russia summons South Korean ambassador over what it calls “unfriendly” sanctions Moscow’s veto of DPRK sanctions monitoring panel and growing military cooperation with Pyongyang prompt Seoul’s action KOREA PROApril 8, 2024 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Maria Zakharova, the Russian foreign ministry's director of information, accuses South Korea of acting on Washington's bidding by imposing illegitimate sanctions on Russia, April 3, 2024 \| Image: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Russia summoned Lee Do-hoon, the ROK Ambassador to Russia, on Friday to protest Seoul’s unilateral sanctions against Russian entities and individuals. South Korea imposed sanctions on two Russian vessels allegedly involved in transporting military supplies to North Korea, two Russian institutions accused of facilitating the dispatch of North Korean workers abroad and two Russian individuals on April 2. Andrey Rudenko, the Russian deputy foreign minister in charge of the Asia-Pacific region, denounced the sanctions as an “unfriendly measure” and urged South Korea to abandon what he described as “unproductive and coercive measures that escalate tensions on the Korean Peninsula.” A © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01Lee Jae Myung’s ‘pacemaker’ strategy tests South Korea’s leverage with Trump 02Trump’s Korea investment victory lap masks safeguards Seoul still controls 03North Korean POW dispute tests Seoul-Kyiv trust and future Ukraine policy 04South Korea’s CPTPP push exposes the cost of turning trade gains into consensus 05AI storage boom gives South Korea battery makers an EV overcapacity lifeline 06South Korea’s Mexico strategy runs into the hard limits of USMCA politics 07Preschool test ban forces South Korea’s English hagwons to rethink placement 08Lee Jae Myung’s Wall Street pitch tests South Korea’s capital market credibility

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Russia summons South Korean ambassador over what it calls “unfriendly” sanctions

Moscow’s veto of DPRK sanctions monitoring panel and growing military cooperation with Pyongyang prompt Seoul’s action

KOREA PROApril 8, 2024

Russia summons South Korean ambassador over what it calls “unfriendly” sanctions

Maria Zakharova, the Russian foreign ministry's director of information, accuses South Korea of acting on Washington's bidding by imposing illegitimate sanctions on Russia, April 3, 2024 | Image: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Russia summoned Lee Do-hoon, the ROK Ambassador to Russia, on Friday to protest Seoul’s unilateral sanctions against Russian entities and individuals. South Korea imposed sanctions on two Russian vessels allegedly involved in transporting military supplies to North Korea, two Russian institutions accused of facilitating the dispatch of North Korean workers abroad and two Russian individuals on April 2.

Andrey Rudenko, the Russian deputy foreign minister in charge of the Asia-Pacific region, denounced the sanctions as an “unfriendly measure” and urged South Korea to abandon what he described as “unproductive and coercive measures that escalate tensions on the Korean Peninsula.” A

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