South Korea was predicted to deteriorate relations with Russia to the level of the Baltics under one condition

Possible secret agreements between South Korea and Ukraine to provide assistance or specialists will worsen Seoul’s relations with Russia. Konstantin Asmolov, candidate of historical sciences, leading researcher at the Center for Korean Studies at the Institute of China and Modern Asia (ICSA) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told Lenta.ru about this.

Asmolov noted that the possible disclosure of secret agreements between Seoul and Kiev will ultimately play into the hands of the Ukrainian authorities, since it will not leave the South Korean leadership space for dialogue with Moscow. The Korean scholar recalled that even taking into account South Korea’s status as an unfriendly country, Moscow and Seoul are trying to maintain channels of interaction and an acceptable level of relations.

On October 7, the official representative of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Georgiy Tikhy, accused South Korea of ​​violating the sanctions regime against Russia, announcing allegedly secret supplies of 176 thousand tons of fuel, including diesel.