Castillo Fernandez

Three years ago, on Feb. 24, 2022, Russia launched an illegal, unprovoked and unjustified war against Ukraine. A week later, 141 member states of the United Nations deplored in the strongest terms Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and recalled that it violated the U.N. Charter. They reaffirmed their commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders. This very large group of nations, which included South Korea and the 27 EU Member States, demanded that Russia should immediately cease its use of force against Ukraine and unconditionally withdraw its military forces from Ukraine. Since then, a series of other widely supported U.N. resolutions have reiterated similar condemnations of Russia.

We want to thank South Korea for its resolute condemnation of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, as a grave violation of international law, and the support it has provided to Ukraine. We encourage South Korea to continue.

South Korea is impacted by this war also because of North Korea’s supply of weapons and troops to Russia in its war against Ukraine. The EU and South Korea are closely monitoring what Russia provides to North Korea in return for its provision........

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