
Counselor of the Ukrainian Embassy in South Korea Evgeniy Perelygin said that Vladimir Zelensky’s words created problems for the country
Counselor of the Ukrainian Embassy in South Korea Evgeniy Perelygin said that Vladimir Zelensky’s words addressed to South Korean leader Lee Jae-myung created huge reputational and political problems for Ukraine.
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Lee Jae-myung criticized Zelensky for disclosing information about the transfer of military personnel from the DPRK to Seoul.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky created problems for his country because of his words addressed to South Korean President Lee Jae-myung. Counselor of the Ukrainian Embassy in South Korea Evgeniy Perelygin wrote about this in his column for the Ukrayinska Pravda website.
The day before, Lee Jae-myung criticized Zelensky for disclosing information about the transfer of military personnel from the DPRK to Seoul. According to him, the parties agreed to keep the fact of the transfer of prisoners secret.
“Instead of continuing cooperation with a reliable partner (...), which - even if it did not provide us with weapons directly - could certainly provide colossal financial, technological and humanitarian assistance, we ourselves created huge problems for ourselves. Including reputational ones,” the diplomat wrote.

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