• After the summit of the Group of Seven main industrialized nations in Hiroshima, Japan, South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol met with European Union officers.
• The leaders agreed that the E.U. and South Korea want to “maintain and increase the collective pressure on Russia, particularly through effective implementation of the respective restrictive measures.”
• The leaders additionally determined that they wanted to name on North Korea to stop actions which have raised navy tensions within the area and to return to nuclear disarmament talks.

Leaders of South Korea and the European Union agreed Monday to increase pressure on Russia over its conflict in opposition to Ukraine and condemn North Korea’s ballistic missile tests.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met with European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Seoul after attending the weekend summit of the Group of Seven main industrialized nations in Hiroshima, Japan.

“We agree to maintain and increase the collective pressure on Russia, particularly through effective implementation of the respective restrictive measures,” they mentioned in a joint assertion. “We are committed to support Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction and remain resolved to support Ukraine for as long as it takes.”

Michel mentioned Russia’s continued assaults in opposition to Ukraine present that deeper cooperation between the EU and South Korea is “not a luxury. It’s a vital necessity.”

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The three leaders known as on North Korea to stop actions that elevate navy tensions and return to nuclear disarmament talks.

“The European Union will never accept (North Korea’s) possession of nuclear weapons as the normal state of affairs, just like we do not accept Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine,” von der Leyen mentioned at a joint information convention.

Yoon mentioned the three leaders acknowledged that North Korea’s nuclear and missile applications pose a menace past the Korean Peninsula.

North Korea has launched about 100 missiles because the begin of 2022, many of them nuclear-capable weapons that place the U.S. mainland and South Korea inside putting distance. Experts say North Korea believes its expanded weapons arsenal will assist it wrest concessions from its rivals.

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At the G7 summit, the leaders of Japan, the U.S., the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada and Italy in addition to the European Union condemned Russia’s invasion and reiterated their help for Ukraine. They demanded that North Korea chorus from any destabilizing or escalatory actions.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with some of his largest backers because the G7 summit closed on Sunday, constructing momentum for his nation’s conflict effort at the same time as Russia claimed a battlefield victory that was quickly disputed by Ukraine. Even earlier than Zelenskyy landed Saturday, the G7 nations had unveiled new sanctions and different measures meant to punish Moscow over its invasion that started in February final yr.

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Yoon additionally met with Zelenskyy on the margins of the G7 summit and promised to ship demining gear, ambulances and different gadgets. South Korea has offered humanitarian and different help to Ukraine whereas becoming a member of U.S.-led financial sanctions in opposition to Russia, however it hasn’t instantly offered arms to Ukraine according to its longstanding coverage of not supplying weapons to international locations actively engaged in battle.