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NATO Stands Ready to Boost 'Military Exchange' With Seoul, Reports Say

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The chairman of the NATO military committee, Adm. Rob Bauer, spoke in support of strengthening cooperation with South Korea during a meeting... 11.04.2022, Sputnik International

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According to the South Korean agency, Bauer noted the importance on NATO-South Korea partnership and voiced hope for further strengthening of cooperation through "sustained military exchange".Bauer also welcomed Seoul's "proactive support for the efforts in Ukraine," while In-choul reiterated South Korea’s adherence to bringing "swift resolution to the crisis in Ukraine".According to the Yonhap, the parties also expressed concern over North Korea's nuclear programme, slamming it as a "grave threat not only to the Korean Peninsula but also to regional and world peace".On 24 February, Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine after the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk appealed for help in defending themselves against Ukrainian forces. In response to Russia's operation, Western countries have rolled out a comprehensive sanctions campaign against Moscow.

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© AP Photo / Lee Jin-manU.S. Army soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division’s 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team and South Korean soldiers take their position during a demonstration of the combined arms live-fire exercise as a part of the annual joint military exercise Foal Eagle between South Korea and the United States at the Rodriquez Multi-Purpose Range Complex in Pocheon, north of Seoul, South Korea. (File)

U.S. Army soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division’s 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team and South Korean soldiers take their position during a demonstration of the combined arms live-fire exercise as a part of the annual joint military exercise Foal Eagle between South Korea and the United States at the Rodriquez Multi-Purpose Range Complex in Pocheon, north of Seoul, South Korea. (File) - Sputnik International, 1920, 11.04.2022

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The chairman of the NATO military committee, Adm. Rob Bauer, spoke in support of strengthening cooperation with South Korea during a meeting with the head of the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, Won In-choul, Yonhap news agency reported on Monday.

According to the South Korean agency, Bauer noted the importance on NATO-South Korea partnership and voiced hope for further strengthening of cooperation through "sustained military exchange".

Bauer also welcomed Seoul's "proactive support for the efforts in Ukraine," while In-choul reiterated South Korea’s adherence to bringing "swift resolution to the crisis in Ukraine".

According to the Yonhap, the parties also expressed concern over North Korea's nuclear programme, slamming it as a "grave threat not only to the Korean Peninsula but also to regional and world peace".

On 24 February, Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine after the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk appealed for help in defending themselves against Ukrainian forces. In response to Russia's operation, Western countries have rolled out a comprehensive sanctions campaign against Moscow.