Lee offers $100 million for Ukraine reconstruction in first official summit with Zelensky at NATO

• ·At his first formal bilateral talks with the Ukrainian president, President Lee Jae Myung pledged support for Ukraine’s reconstruction while reaffirming Seoul’s ban on lethal arms aid.  President Lee Jae Myung delivered South Korea’s plan to provide $100 million in aid for Kyiv’s reconstruction in his first summit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Turkey on Wednesday.
• ·Zelensky expressed deep gratitude for South Korea's support and emphasized the importance of international solidarity as the two leaders met on the margins of the NATO summit in Ankara.
• ·Lee said he hopes for a speedy end to Russia’s war on Ukraine and relayed his intention to contribute to Ukraine's reconstruction through the aid package.
• ·At the NATO summit on Tuesday, the South Korean government pledged $100 million in comprehensive support for Ukraine, stepping up as a global power to help bring an end to the devastating war and restore peace.
• ·However, a senior presidential office official said that Seoul’s refusal to provide lethal weapons to a country at war “remains unchanged.” Lee and Zelensky previously met briefly on the margins of the Group of Seven summit in Kananaskis, Canada, in June last year, shortly after the South Korean president took office, but this marks the two leaders’ first official bilateral talks.

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