South Korea summons Russian ambassador over pact with North Korea

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul during a lunch meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 18, 2024. Ahn Young-joon/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's foreign ministry said it had summoned the Russian ambassador in protest of a pact between Russia and North Korea signed in Pyongyang this week, as a Reuters witness saw him enter the ministry building on Friday afternoon.

First vice foreign minister Kim Hong-kyun conveyed Seoul's stance on the pact and military cooperation between Russia and North Korea to Georgy Zinoviev, the top Russian envoy to Seoul, Seoul's foreign ministry said.