Russia has been strengthening its ties with China in opposition to U.S. moves in the Indo-Pacific region.
The foreign minister of Russia, Sergei Lavrov, is in Seoul for talks with his South Korean counterpart.
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov’s first visit to Seoul in eight years comes amid what seems to be cooperation between Moscow and Beijing, against the U.S. and its allies.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov listens for a journalist’s question during his annual roundup news conference summing up his ministry’s work in 2019, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. Lavrov particularly noted Washington’s reluctance to extend a key nuclear arms pact. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
During a virtual meeting with Korean correspondents in Moscow last week, Lavrov was vocal about the U.S.’ so-called Indo-Pacific Strategy, as well as the “Quad” coalition of the U.S., India, Australia and Japan, which Moscow apparently doesn’t want Seoul to join.
He claimed that the move is based on building a bloc against specific countries.
Lavrov also called South Korea a “crucial, promising partner” in the Asia-Pacific region.
It’s very likely that he will bring up these issues when he sits down with South Korea’s foreign minister Chung Eui-yong on Thursday.
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