Ukraine iyo South Korea ku dhawaaqeen khilaaf diblumaasiyadeed kadib markii ay soo dirteen saddex askari Soomaaliyeed
Madaxweynaha Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, ayaa ka hadlaya kulanka guud ee Qaramada Midoobay, wuxuuna sheegay in Ukraine ay soo diray saddex askari Soomaaliyeed oo ay ku qabteen dagaalka Kursk, balse South Korea ayaa ku eedeysay inay xaqiijisay arrintaas si aan loo oggolaan.
Xaqiiqada iyo khilaafka diblumaasiyadeed
Madaxweynaha Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, ayaa ka hadlaya kulanka guud ee Qaramada Midoobay, wuxuuna sheegay in Ukraine ay soo diray saddex askari Soomaaliyeed oo ay ku qabteen dagaalka Kursk, balse South Korea ayaa ku eedeysay inay xaqiijisay arrintaas si aan loo oggolaan.
South Korea ayaa xafiiska diblumaasiyadeedka u diray safiirka Ukraine, Andrii Vieshkin, wuxuuna ku eedeeyay inay xaqiijisay arrintaas si aan loo oggolaan, wuxuuna ku yiri inay xaqiijisay arrintaas si aan loo oggolaan.
Jawaabaha iyo khilaafka diblumaasiyadeed
Madaxweynaha South Korea, Lee Jae Myung, ayaa sheegay in arrintu tahay mid aad u muhiim ah, wuxuuna ku yiri inay xaqiijisay arrintaas si aan loo oggolaan, wuxuuna ku yiri inay xaqiijisay arrintaas si aan loo oggolaan.
Dmytro Lytvyn, wakiilka Ukraine, ayaa sheegay inay xaqiijisay arrintaas si aan loo oggolaan, wuxuuna ku yiri inay xaqiijisay arrintaas si aan loo oggolaan.
Saameynta diblumaasiyadeed
Nataliya Butyrska, waa qof ka tirsan xirfadda Asia-Pacific, ayaa sheegay in Ukraine iyo South Korea ay u baahan yihiin inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay
Mykola Polishchuk, waa qof ka tirsan xirfadda Korea, ayaa sheegay in Ukraine iyo South Korea ay u baahan yihiin inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku dayaan inay isku
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sparked a diplomatic row with Seoul after mentioning at the UN General Assembly that Kyiv had sent two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea, a move that had been kept confidential between the two countries.
Seoul Demands Apology and Explanation
South Korea's Foreign Ministry summoned Ukraine's ambassador to Seoul, Andrii Vieshkin, and demanded an explanation for what it described as Kyiv's unilateral disclosure of the prisoners' transfer, along with an official apology. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said the transfer of North Korean prisoners of war was a sensitive topic with wide-ranging consequences for diplomacy and national security on the Korean Peninsula.
Dmytro Lytvyn, Zelenskyy's spokesperson, wrote on Facebook that no such confidentiality agreement existed between the two countries, adding that it was wrong to keep secret where such prisoners were being transferred. South Korean presidential spokesperson Kim Sung-wan called Lytvyn's denials false, saying Ukraine had asked for confidentiality, allegedly over concerns there might be criticism at home if the North Korean prisoners weren't swapped for Ukrainian prisoners being held in Russia.
Experts Question the Diplomatic Fallout
Nataliya Butyrska, an Asia-Pacific expert at the New Europe Center in Kyiv, told DW that Ukraine and South Korea lacked a continuous, trust-based dialogue, especially under the current government in Seoul. She said the prisoner transfer could have been used by Ukraine to improve bilateral relations between Kyiv and Seoul, but that no one in South Korea was now thinking of thanking Ukraine for transferring the prisoners.
Mykola Polishchuk, a Korea expert based in Ukraine, said President Lee Jae Myung was surprised by the incident and now wants to shift the blame in part on Ukraine. He believes the transfer would have become public knowledge sooner or later, and that Seoul knew that Kyiv was going to comment on it, adding that Ukraine has ended up mired in a scandal which it neither wanted nor planned for.
Military Cooperation and Future Ties at Risk
Butyrska said the latest developments indicate a likely further cooling of ties between Kyiv and Seoul, noting that it would have been better for Kyiv to have stayed quiet. She pointed out that South Korea isn't directly selling weapons to Ukraine, but does deliver to Poland, Finland, the Czech Republic and Romania, and is pursuing further integration with the European military equipment supply chain.
Polishchuk believes any cooperation on military technology between Ukraine and South Korea is out of the question, now and in the future, though he believes trade and humanitarian help would continue. He said South Korea is highly unlikely to side with Russia, especially given Seoul's many obligations toward the United States.
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