{"id":2204570,"date":"2024-04-08T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T23:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/?p=2204570"},"modified":"2024-04-07T18:42:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T09:42:44","slug":"russia-summons-south-korean-ambassador-over-what-it-calls-unfriendly-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/04\/russia-summons-south-korean-ambassador-over-what-it-calls-unfriendly-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia summons South Korean ambassador over what it calls \u201cunfriendly\u201d sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russia <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mid.ru\/ru\/foreign_policy\/news\/1942729\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">summoned<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lee Do-hoon, the ROK Ambassador to Russia, on Friday to protest Seoul\u2019s 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andrey Rudenko, the Russian deputy foreign minister in charge of the Asia-Pacific region, denounced the sanctions as an \u201cunfriendly measure\u201d and urged South Korea to abandon what he described as \u201cunproductive and coercive measures that escalate tensions on the Korean Peninsula.\u201d A South Korean foreign ministry official told journalists that the sanctions are \u201clegitimate and justifiable measures based on U.N. Security Council resolutions and principles of international law.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Why It Matters<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russia\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nknews.org\/2024\/01\/north-korean-foreign-minister-meets-with-vladimir-putin-in-moscow\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">growing ties<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with North Korea and its apparent willingness to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nknews.org\/2024\/02\/putin-gives-kim-jong-un-a-car-in-violation-of-un-sanctions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">challenge<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> international efforts to curb Pyongyang\u2019s nuclear and missile programs have prompted South Korea to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nknews.org\/2024\/04\/south-korea-sanctions-russian-ships-over-alleged-arms-shipments-to-north-korea\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">impose unilateral sanctions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Russian entities and individuals. Moscow\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nknews.org\/2024\/03\/russia-vetoes-un-panels-mandate-to-monitor-north-korea-sanctions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">veto<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of a UNSC resolution to extend the mandate of the North Korea sanctions monitoring panel and its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mid.ru\/en\/press_service\/video\/view\/1942366\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ambiguous response<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to allegations of military cooperation with Pyongyang suggest that Russia may be prioritizing its strategic interests over the global community\u2019s concerns regarding North Korea\u2019s weapons programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concurrently, South Korean foreign minister Cho Tae-yul <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.go.kr\/www\/brd\/m_4080\/view.do?seq=374856&amp;page=1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pledged<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during last week\u2019s NATO meeting that the ROK would continue to support Ukraine by providing financial aid and non-lethal assistance, even at the risk of straining its relations with Moscow. With South Korea\u2019s general elections set to take place on April 10, any significant changes to Seoul\u2019s Ukraine policy, such as providing lethal military assistance, are unlikely to be announced until after the elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/defense-security\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Defense &amp; Security<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/inter-korean-foreign-relations\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Inter-Korean &amp; Foreign Relations<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia summoned Lee Do-hoon, the ROK Ambassador to Russia, on Friday to protest Seoul\u2019s unilateral sanctions against Russian entities and individuals. 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