SEOUL, March 8 — Seoul approved export licences last year for Poland to provide Ukraine with Krab howitzers, which are built with South Korean components, a South Korean defence...
SEOUL, March 8 — Seoul approved export licences last year for Poland to provide Ukraine with Krab howitzers, which are built with South Korean components, a South Korean defence official and a Polish industry representative told Reuters today.
The Defence Acquisition Program Administration's technology control bureau reviewed and approved the transfer of the howitzer's South Korean-made chassis, said Kim Hyoung-cheol, director of the Europe-Asia division of the International Cooperation Bureau. South Korea's defense ministry noted that the Krab includes components from several countries, and that the transfer did not involve a complete South Korean weapons system.
Russia calls the war a"special military operation", and President Vladimir Putin last year accused Seoul of providing Ukraine with weapons, saying such a decision would ruin their bilateral relations. "We obviously think South Korea should be doing more, and we have been communicating that to the Yoon administration regularly," a Western diplomatic source in Seoul told Reuters.
"A government has to consider all positions including the foreign ministry's position, diplomacy, as well as economic considerations," he said."If Korea supports Ukraine, Russia may retaliate by selling up-to-date aircraft to North Korea or transfer technology that North Korea really needs."
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