Seoul pushes back on Borrell’s claim about Ukraine weapons
The EU foreign policy chief highlighted the need for ammo shipments but did so unilaterally, South Korea’s defense ministry says
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell. © Christine OLSSON / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP
South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-Sup never discussed ammunition shipments to Ukraine with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, the ministry told journalists on Sunday.
It was referring to Borrell’s since-deleted tweet saying he had “a good meeting” with Lee on the sidelines of Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore. “Shared alarm at continued [North Korean] provocations and discussed Ukraine’s needs for ammunition,” he wrote at the time.
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