Youn Jong-kwon, left, the ministry’s director-general for worldwide safety, and Stephen Klement, the EU’s particular envoy for non-proliferation and disarmament, pose for a photograph throughout their assembly in Brussels, Belgium, on this photograph offered by South Korea’s international ministry, March 10. Yonhap
South Korea and the European Union have held the inaugural talks of their newly launched house safety consultative physique to collectively reply to house threats, the international ministry right here stated Tuesday.
Youn Jong-kwon, the ministry’s director-general for worldwide safety, held the inaugural assembly of the House Safety Dialogue with Marjolijn Van Deelen, the EU’s particular envoy for house, in Brussels, Belgium, on Monday, in line with the ministry.
The launch of the dialogue was agreed upon in November final 12 months throughout a gathering between International Minister Cho Tae-yul and Josep Borrell, the EU’s then excessive consultant for international affairs and safety coverage, as a part of efforts to collectively reply to rising house threats.
Throughout Monday’s assembly, the 2 sides shared their assessments of house threats and agreed to cooperate on creating international laws for house safety and discovering methods to implement bilateral cooperation on the problem.
The South Korean aspect, specifically, burdened the need of cooperating with the EU’s like-minded members to deal with rising threats posed by North Korea in house.
On Monday, Youn additionally met with Stephen Klement, the EU’s particular envoy for non-proliferation and disarmament, for the nineteenth assembly of the bilateral consultative physique on disarmament and non-proliferation.
Throughout the assembly, the 2 sides shared the understanding that North Korea’s continued nuclear weapons and missile improvement, in addition to its army cooperation with Russia, poses grave threats to international peace and safety.
They agreed to work collectively to encourage concerted worldwide efforts to carry North Korea into compliance with United Nations Safety Council resolutions, the ministry added. (Yonhap)
