00:00At the Korean demilitarised zone, fears of new rising tensions between the North and
00:06the South, but this time due to a defence pact signed between Moscow and Pyongyang,
00:11allowing both countries to provide military assistance to one another in the case of war.
00:16Following a state visit to North Korea and Vietnam this week, President Putin hinted
00:20that Russia would supply weapons to Pyongyang. He also warned South Korea not to arm Ukraine
00:25after Seoul's response to the Pyongyang-Moscow pact saying it would consider sending weapons
00:30to Ukraine to fight Russia.
00:32Those who send these missiles to Ukraine think that they are not fighting us. But I said,
00:39including when I was in Pyongyang, that we reserve the right to supply weapons to other
00:44regions of the world with regard to our agreements with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
00:49I don't rule that out either. And where will they go next? The West supplies weapons
00:55to Ukraine and then says that they don't control anything after that. And it doesn't matter
00:59how these weapons are used. We can also say we have delivered something to someone and
01:04then say we don't control anything. So let them think about that. At this stage, the
01:09most important task for us is to repel these attacks on Russian cities.
01:15South Korea's national security adviser strongly condemned the partnership agreement.
01:21The US, which recently conducted joint air drills in the region with South Korea, has
01:25also expressed its concern about an escalating threat.
01:29It is incredibly concerning. It would destabilise the Korean peninsula, of course, and potentially,
01:39depending on the type of weapons they provide, might violate UN Security Council resolutions
01:44that Russia itself has supported.
01:47Tensions between the two Koreas have been simmering and are almost at their highest
01:51since 1953, with South Korean military firing warning shots at North Korean soldiers who
01:58crossed the border this Saturday.
