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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Justin McCurry in Tokyo

South Korea summons Russian envoy over North Korean troop deployment

Two men meeting in a room with South Korean flags
South Korea's first vice-foreign minister, Kim Hong-kyun, right, and the Russian ambassador to Seoul, Georgy Zinoviev. Photograph: YONHAP/EPA

South Korea has summoned the Russian ambassador to Seoul to protest “in the strongest terms” about the reported dispatch of thousands of North Korean troops to help Russia in its war against Ukraine.

The first vice-foreign minister, Kim Hong-kyun, told the Russian envoy, Georgy Zinoviev, that the participation of North Korean troops in the war violated UN resolutions and demanded their immediate withdrawal, South Korea’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday.

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