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South Korea FM Says North Should Not Be Rewarded for Wrongdoings in Ukraine

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul (2-L) attends a meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (not pictured) after the 11th Japan-China-South Korea (Japan-China-ROK) Trilateral Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Tokyo, Japan, 22 March 2025. (EPA)
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul (2-L) attends a meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (not pictured) after the 11th Japan-China-South Korea (Japan-China-ROK) Trilateral Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Tokyo, Japan, 22 March 2025. (EPA)
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South Korea FM Says North Should Not Be Rewarded for Wrongdoings in Ukraine

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul (2-L) attends a meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (not pictured) after the 11th Japan-China-South Korea (Japan-China-ROK) Trilateral Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Tokyo, Japan, 22 March 2025. (EPA)
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul (2-L) attends a meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (not pictured) after the 11th Japan-China-South Korea (Japan-China-ROK) Trilateral Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Tokyo, Japan, 22 March 2025. (EPA)

South Korea's Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said on Saturday that military cooperation between North Korea and Russia must stop, and North Korea should not be rewarded for its wrongdoings in the course of bringing about the end of the war in Ukraine.

Cho also said it is important for South Korea, Japan and China to faithfully carry out UN sanctions against North Korea, and to put efforts into stopping North Korean provocations and bring about its complete denuclearization.

Cho is meeting his Chinese and Japanese counterparts in Tokyo, in the first such trilateral talks since 2023.

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Kremlin Says Various Conditions Must Be Met Before Black Sea Security Deal Can Be Activated 

Cars drive in front of Moscow's Kremlin along Tverskaya street in Moscow, Russia, 21 March 2025. (EPA) 
Cars drive in front of Moscow's Kremlin along Tverskaya street in Moscow, Russia, 21 March 2025. (EPA) 
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Kremlin Says Various Conditions Must Be Met Before Black Sea Security Deal Can Be Activated 

Cars drive in front of Moscow's Kremlin along Tverskaya street in Moscow, Russia, 21 March 2025. (EPA) 
Cars drive in front of Moscow's Kremlin along Tverskaya street in Moscow, Russia, 21 March 2025. (EPA) 

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that a number of conditions must be met before a Black Sea maritime security deal negotiated with the United States can be activated, pointing to an earlier agreement which it said saw Moscow's needs ignored.

The United States reached separate deals on Tuesday with Ukraine and Russia to cease fighting in the Black Sea and pause attacks against energy targets, with Washington agreeing to push to lift some sanctions against Moscow.

While Russian exports of food and fertilizer are not subject to Western sanctions, Moscow has said restrictions on payments, logistics and insurance have amounted to a barrier to shipments.

Russia wants the reconnection of its state agricultural bank Rosselkhozbank to the SWIFT international payments system. That and other steps could require agreement from European countries.

"As for the Black Sea grain initiative, it can be activated after a number of conditions are implemented," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

"These are the same conditions that were included in the (original) Black Sea Initiative...all the conditions of which were fulfilled except for those concerning the Russian side. So, of course, this time round justice must prevail and we will continue our work with the Americans."

Moscow in 2023 withdrew from the original deal, brokered by the United Nations and Türkiye in 2022, complaining that obstacles to its own food and fertilizer exports had not been eased as promised under the terms of that agreement.