European Union and South Korean leaders denounced North Korea’s nuclear weapons program and continued ballistic missile launches in a joint statement on Monday, with the European Council president stressing that Pyongyang’s “back door” nuclear armament will not be accepted.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and the two EU leaders — European Council and European Commission presidents Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen — articulated the position following a meeting to discuss an array of economic and security issues.
European Union and South Korean leaders denounced North Korea’s nuclear weapons program and continued ballistic missile launches in a joint statement on Monday, with the European Council president stressing that Pyongyang’s “back door” nuclear armament will not be accepted.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and the two EU leaders — European Council and European Commission presidents Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen — articulated the position following a meeting to discuss an array of economic and security issues.
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Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.