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South Korea leaves open the possibility of donating Covid-19 vaccine to North Korea

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South Korea’s Unification Ministry today (June 15) announced that if North Korea responds, South Korea can either directly cooperate on a Covid-19 vaccine or through an international cooperation mechanism.
According to the announcement, South Korea’s stance is that inter-Korean cooperation is needed to jointly deal with infectious diseases such as Covid-19. In addition, at the recent Korea-US Summit as well as the recent Group of Seven (G7) Summit, the leaders of the countries agreed with the view that no country should be left behind. behind in the issue of vaccination.

The South Korean government will come up with a plan to support vaccines for North Korea after comprehensively reviewing the domestic vaccine supply situation and the consensus of the people. Illustration. Earlier, at a press conference on the sidelines of the G7 Summit, South Korean President Moon Jae-in expressed that he will expedite the supply of vaccines to North Korea, emphasizing that South Korea will become a “global vaccine production center”. , contributing to the fight against Covid-19. According to President Moon Jae-in, the Covid-19 vaccine needs to be distributed fairly to low-income countries so that the whole world can escape the Covid-19 pandemic. As South Korea plays the role of a global vaccine production hub, North Korea is of course also subject to cooperation. If North Korea agrees, Seoul will actively promote cooperation in providing vaccines to Pyongyang. President Moon Jae-in said the United States also supports humanitarian assistance to North Korea.

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