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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Hyonhee Shin

South Korea's Yoon warns at NATO summit of threat to 'universal values'

South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol speaks in a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, during a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, June 29, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

South Korea's president warned a NATO summit of the threat to universal values at a time of new conflict and competition, a reference to Russia's aggression in Ukraine and China's engagement with Russia, a South Korean official said.

President Yoon Suk-yeol became the first South Korean leader to attend a NATO summit, joining national NATO leaders as an observer at a meeting in Spain as Russian forces intensified attacks in Ukraine.

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