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| SKor, Russian Defense Chiefs Agree on Stance Against Norks |
| 2009-07-23 |
| Top defense officials from South Korea and Russia have agreed on the need for close cooperation when dealing with issues concerning North Korea. Seoul's Defense Minister Lee Sang-hee in a meeting with his Russian counterpart Anatoly Serdyukov in Moscow saw eye to eye on giving support to a five-way dialogue framework to bring Pyongyang back to the nuclear talks. The two sides reaffirmed that there should be consequences for North Korea's brazen behavior. This year North Korea withdrew from the six-party nuclear talks and conducted its second nuclear test as well as test-launched a salvo of missiles, prompting the United Nations Security Council to slap sanctions on the North. |
| Posted by:Steve White |