The Kremlin began to suspect something after Russia concluded a strategic agreement with North Korea, realizing that things might not go as they imagined. They thought that South Korea would calmly observe as Russia started providing military technologies to Kim Jong Un’s regime.
The great geostrategist Putin now understands that he has fallen into yet another trap due to the alliance with North Korea.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stated that Russia needs to decide which country’s relationship is more important to it—South Korea or North Korea. Additionally, the South Korean leader said that strengthening ties between Russia and North Korea threatens the security of the Korean Peninsula and Europe.
A completely obvious and unequivocal reaction from the South Korean leader to the alliance between Seoul’s main adversary—Pyongyang—and Moscow.
Such things in the modern world are neither forgiven nor forgotten, and there are always consequences, both immediate and prolonged. Translating from diplomatic language to ordinary language, such statements mean—we have all understood, and we are giving you one last chance to correct the situation. If you do not correct the situation—the consequences will be on your conscience.
The Kremlin has already started making excuses, claiming that Moscow disagrees with Seoul’s approach of needing to choose “one of the two Koreas.” Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of Russia, stated this to journalists on July 8.
Now about the consequences. The NATO summit begins in Washington, to which South Korea has also been invited. The key issues at the summit will be countering the Kremlin’s aggressive policies, countering China, and, of course, the war in Ukraine.
Delegations from South Korea and Ukraine are sure to meet at the summit. And what will they discuss? The answer is obvious—South Korean arms supplies to Ukraine. Until now, Seoul has not provided weapons to Kyiv. But after the conclusion of the strategic agreement between Moscow and Pyongyang, the situation will become completely different. And the arsenals in South Korea, in terms of both quantity and range of weapons, are very, very rich.