South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun has expressed solidarity over the Pahalgam terror attack with India and its fight against terrorism, saying that his country stands by the Government of India and the people of India.
In an interview with ANI, Cho Hyun said that South Korea is firm against terrorism.
“We are very harsh and firm on this issue. We are firm against any terrorist attack. We are standing by the Government of India and the people of India,” said Cho Hyun.
India launched Operation Sindoor in vengeance of the Pahgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed. India carried out accurate attacks on terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pojk and later re -formulated Pakistani aggression and extended their airbase.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who held a bilateral meeting with Cho Hyun, thanked South Korea’s Pahgam terror attack and recalled that the parliamentary delegation from India who later went to Seoul, later “very good meetings”.
“I would like to express my gratitude to the Rok’s Rok on 22 April, and the fact that when our parliamentary delegation went to Seoul, I think I think they got very good meetings, you tried to meet them themselves – this is something that we appreciate,” Jiushankar said.
Responding to the questions, Cho Hyun said that the tariffs imposed by the United States in a rapidly changing position in global trade are not unpredictable and their country was able to solve the problem and “win-win” through business talks.
He said that South Korea and the United States were able to attack a deal “which would again lead us to a win -win proposal”.
He said, “This is not unpredictable given the rapid changing situation in global trade. We were able to solve a problem and create a win through these talks, and we were able to attack a deal that would lead us to a win-win proposal,” he said.
US President Donald Trump announced last month that he had reached a trade agreement with South Korea, including 15 percent tariffs on the United States South Korean exports.
Trump announced his social media handle Truth Social on 31 July.
“I am happy to declare that the United States has agreed to a full and full trade deal with the Republic of Korea. The deal is that South Korea will give $ 350 billion to the United States for the United States ownership and controlled investment by the United States, and was selected for itself, in addition, South Korea had invested $ 100 billion, the objective,” was said.
“The amount will be announced within the next two weeks when the President of South Korea, Lee J. Mayung, will come to the White House for a bilateral meeting. I would like to congratulate the new President for my election success. It also agrees that South Korea will be completely open to trade with the United States, and we will agree to the chart. He said.
The United States has imposed 50 percent tariff on Indian goods.
Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on Indian goods in July, even an interim Indo-US trade deal expectations that otherwise helped avoid high tariffs. A few days later, he imposed another 25 percent tariff, with a total time of up to 50 percent, which cited India’s continuous import of Russian oil.
When asked about the meeting of the Alaska Summit between US President and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the South Korean Foreign Minister said it was very early to assess the results of the meeting, but insisted that it was important to avoid the struggle.
He said, “It is very early to assess the meeting. We really hope that this will be the first step in the right direction. It is very important to avoid war and peace to avoid war.”
Cho Hyun said that he held a good meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday and recalled his tenure in Delhi as Ambassador in Delhi from 2015 to 2017, saying that significant changes were made in India under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership and “more good changes” have been made during the last ten years.
Cho Hyun said that it is very good to return to Delhi and when he landed in the city about 10 years ago, he was deeply deepened by the culture of India.
“I feel very good to come back to Delhi and ten years ago, I landed in Delhi and I was very humble from the depth of culture and the greatest people of the people and the biggest people of the people. I was very proud to serve as a Korean ambassador in India, now I am very good, so I do more good changes. Friends,” Cho Hunoon said.
Cho Hyun recalled that when he served as ambassador, he held a meeting with S Jaishankar, who served as Foreign Secretary since 2015-18.
He said that he discussed various issues and discovered ways to increase bilateral relations. Korean Foreign Minister reached the national capital on Friday.
Cho Hyun said, “It was a good meeting and when I was here I met him and he was a foreign secretary. We discussed various issues and discovered ways to increase our bilateral relations, in which both geophysical and geopolitical challenges faced by our countries faced both,” Cho Hyun said.
In his initial remarks during a meeting with the South Korean leader, Jaishankar said, “It’s not much that you have a chance to welcome an old friend as a new colleague”.
“So, this is a very special privilege to welcome you back to India. Please accept my greetings about your appointment, you are barely a month in the job, the fact that you are really a day after your national day, and our national day, in fact, we really say a lot about the value we attach to the relationship,” Jayashankar said.
“Let me also take you the opportunity to expand our greetings for Korea’s National Liberation Day, and your journey, I think, in many ways, comes at a very important time – it is the 10th anniversary of our special strategic partnership, and I got the privilege of meeting your President in Canada, when he was very good. (AI)