South Korea has actually developed diplomatic relations with Syria’s brand-new Islamist federal government, Seoul’s foreign ministry stated Friday, months after a rebel union ousted President Bashar Assad, who had actually kept close ties with North Korea. South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul took a trip to Damascus on Thursday to sign a joint communique with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani developing official diplomatic relations– a relocation the South Korean ministry stated opens brand-new chances for bilateral cooperation formerly impeded by Syria’s “close ties with North Korea.”
Cho throughout the talks communicated Seoul’s determination to support Syria’s restoration efforts following the 13-year civil war, a procedure that he stated might ultimately include South Korean services, and to broaden humanitarian help.
Al-Shaibani invited the possibility of South Korean contributions to Syria’s restoration and revealed wish for Seoul’s assistance in alleviating global sanctions on Damascus, the South Korean ministry stated.
South Korea now has diplomatic relations with all 191 U.N. member mentions other than for its war-divided competitor, North Korea. Relations in between the Koreas are now at their worst in years as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un continues to flaunt his nuclear weapons and rocket program and offer arms and soldiers to Russia to sustain its warfighting in Ukraine.
North Korean state media didn’t right away discuss South Korea developing ties with Syria.
South Korea likewise developed diplomatic relations with Cuba in 2015, which the Seoul federal government then declared would deal a “political and mental blow” to the North, whose diplomatic footing is mostly based on a minimal variety of Cold War allies.