... Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the Russian Federation Yoon-keun Woo and diplomats of the Embassy.
Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Ksenia Kuzmina, RIAC Program Coordinator, also took part in the meeting.
The discussion focused on Russia – South Korea relations, the situation on the Korean Peninsula and the prospects for the inter-Korean normalization, as well as on the pending issues of Russia – U.S. and Russia – EU ties.
... centre of the talks, which is patently unacceptable for North Korea. At the very first meeting, North Korea’s representative put a definitive stop to all such approaches by the South Korean side. He stressed that North Korean missiles are aimed not at South Korea, Russia or China (a reminder to the great powers of North Korea’s new status and capabilities), but at the United States, and North Korea hold talks on that subject with the United States. Apparently, in the current situation, the United States cannot ...
... instigating a total collapse of the North Korean economy, followed by the breakdown of the political regime in Pyongyang and the state of North Korea as a whole. Such scenario, however, does not sit with North Korea’s neighbours, namely China and Russia, but also South Korea. We are not just talking about abstract humanism here; the manifold consequences of the North Korea collapse will have to be disentangled – not by the United States or even Japan, but by the country’s closest neighbours. Of course, Pyongyang ...
On October 10 Park Ro-Byug, South Korean Ambassador to Russia, visited Russian International Affairs Council. South Korean diplomat discussed the latest events around Korean Peninsula, possible actions of the U.S. towards Pyongyang, Russia’s role in crisis resolution, and the prospects for cooperation development ...
... Korea to Russia.
On October 25, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov met with Park Ro-Byug, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Russia.
The meeting covered the recent events regarding Korean peninsula, possible ways to resolve the current crisis, Russia’s and South Korea’s role in ensuring security and developing cooperation in Northeast Asia.
The parties also touched upon the results of Vladimir Putin’s and Jae-in Moon at Eastern Economic Forum held in Vladivostok on September, 6.
... consultations with Korea Foundation leadership, with program directors on Russian Studies from Hanyang University and Seoul National University. The meeting covered the following issues: opportunities for development of cooperation programs between Russian and South Korean specialists in international security and Asia-Pacific region development issues, aiming to elaborate joint proposals and recommendations for relevant line ministries and institutions of the two countries.
Preliminary concertations on pilot ...
... the Policy Planning Bureau at Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In the course of the meeting they discussed Russian and Korean approaches to resolve the crisis situation unfolding around the Korean peninsula, including possible areas for bilateral Russia-South Korea cooperation on security issues and activation of multilateral mechanisms for regional cooperation.
The parties also discussed prospects for further cooperation between think tanks and academic institutions of the two countries.
... the Republic of Korea, security issues on the Korean Peninsula, opportunities for signing the Free Trade Zone Agreement between the Republic of Korea and the Eurasian Economic Union.
The issues of present state and prospects for further development of Russia-South Korea scientific, educational, and humanitarian ties were also touched upon in the course of the event.
... Beijing would do all it can to prevent Seoul from annexing the North. Chinese troops would be on North Korean soil well before the South Korean-U.S. alliance
could take any steps
. Beijing would most likely have perfectly legal grounds to do so, acting on ... ... leave the Korean Peninsula entirely, and for the alliance between Washington and Seoul to become a thing of the past.
What about Russia then? It appears that Moscow will side with China in this game. An important signal to that effect came in the form of ...
... occasion of the visit of the Mayor of Seoul Mr. Park Won Soon to Moscow. The meeting was organized in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Russian Federation.
Participants of the round table discussed the ways to further develop Russia-Korea relations including inter-regional cooperation between the two countries and the situation on the Korean Peninsula including North Korea nuclear issue.
The South Korean delegation was headed by Mr. Park Won Soon, Mayor of Seoul. H.E. Park Ro-byug, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to the Russian Federation, representatives of Seoul Metropolitan Government and of the Embassy ...
