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Russia: Vladimir Putin has warned South Korea it would be making \u201ca big mistake\u201d if it arms Ukraine in the war against Russia.<\/p>\n
His comments come after Seoul said it was considering such a possibility, in response to Russia and North Korea\u2019s new pact to help each other in the event of \u201caggression\u201d against either country.<\/p>\n
Moscow \u201cwill\u2026 [make] decisions which are unlikely to please the current leadership of South Korea\u201d if Seoul decides to supply arms to Kyiv, Mr Putin told reporters on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The Russian leader was speaking in Vietnam, shortly after a lavish visit to Pyongyang where he signed a mutual defence agreement with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.<\/p>\n
Mr Putin also warned that Moscow is willing to arm Pyongyang if the US and its allies continue supplying Ukraine with weapons \u201cwith impunity\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do not rule out supplying weapons to other countries, including [North Korea]\u2026 Let the West think where they might end up,\u201d Russian state media reported Mr Putin as saying.<\/p>\n
Seoul had earlier condemned the Russian-North Korean agreement as a threat to its national security, and national security adviser Chang Ho-jin had said his country planned to \u201creconsider the issue of arms support to Ukraine\u201d.<\/p>\n
Following Mr Putin\u2019s remarks, South Korea\u2019s presidential office said on Friday it would consider \u201cvarious options\u201d in supplying arms to Ukraine and its stance will \u201cdepend on how Russia approaches this issue\u201d.<\/p>\n
It also summoned the Russian ambassador Georgy Zinoviev to protest the pact, demanding that Moscow \u201cimmediately ceases\u201d military cooperation with Pyongyang.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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