South Korea’s foreign ministry summoned Ukraine’s acting ambassador on Monday to protest against Kyiv’s disclosure of the transfer of captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea, and demanded an official explanation and apology.
The ministry said it had called in acting ambassador Andrii Vieshkin and expressed strong regret that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made the disclosure at the United Nations General Assembly, despite what Seoul said was a clear agreement between the two countries to keep the matter confidential.
South Korea also protested against what it called a false statement by the Ukrainian presidential office denying that such a confidentiality agreement existed, and urged Kyiv to take steps to prevent a recurrence, the ministry said in a statement.
by Reuters – South Korea summons Ukraine envoy in protest over North Korean POW transfer
