South Korea Signs New Partnership Agreement with NATO
Over time this makes me wonder if NATO will become more of a factor for security on the Korean peninsula than the United Nations? With Russia and China on the UN Security Council any attempt to assist South Korea to repel North Korean aggression would likely get vetoed. It makes sense that President Yoon would pursue cooperation with an alternate security organization:
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| President Yoon Suk Yeol and North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg hold Individually Tailored Partnership Programs signed by the two sides during a meeting at the Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Center in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday (local time). Yonhap |
South Korea and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) signed a new partnership agreement composed of 11 documents, called Individually Tailored Partnership Programs (ITPPs), which will cover bilateral cooperation in new sectors such as cybersecurity, new technologies, climate change and the defense industry.
Korea Times
The agreement was signed at a meeting between President Yoon Suk Yeol and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday (local time). Yoon is currently visiting the Baltic country to attend the 2023 NATO summit.
“This year’s participation in the NATO summit is aimed at institutionalizing the framework of cooperation between South Korea and NATO through ITPPs and discuss cooperation in military intelligence and cybersecurity,” Yoon said during the meeting.
You can read more at the link.
“and the defense industry”
Translation: “We want you to ship military arms openly to Ukraine because we don’t have the capacity to do it ourselves”.
That’s probably the single most factor NATO was looking at when they were proposing this document. South Korea is the only country on earth right now that can provide what they want for Ukraine.
If Yoon was smart, he’d be wanting all kinds of access rights for South Korean companies and European concessions in return. But dumb as he is, he’ll probably F* it all up and do nothing. The useful idiot.