SEOUL: South Korea’s overseas ministry mentioned Tuesday (Oct 20) it should withdraw some workers from its embassy in Ukraine, as a diplomatic row deepens over the transfer of North Korean prisoners of war to Seoul.
The announcement got here greater than every week after South Korea’s ambassador to Ukraine returned house following President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s disclosure of the prisoner switch final month, which Seoul mentioned put their households in North Korea in danger.
The recall of Seoul’s ambassador to Ukraine has met with “no optimistic response from the Ukrainian aspect”, Park Doo-soon, the spokesperson for Seoul’s overseas ministry, instructed reporters Tuesday.
And in “gentle of the persistent risk of air strikes all through the nation, which makes making certain the protection of personnel tough, the federal government has determined to withdraw a few of its diplomatic mission workers”.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has demanded an official apology over the prisoner revelation.
Seoul additionally beforehand summoned Kyiv’s ambassador and threatened unspecified “additional measures”.
Ukraine has insisted that “diplomacy should prevail over feelings” in relations between the nations and that they think about “the scenario resolved”.
Earlier this month, Seoul’s overseas minister Cho Hyun mentioned Ukraine had despatched a message that “included phrases of apology” over Zelenskyy’s disclosure, however it fell wanting “the extent” Seoul had in thoughts.
