MIKTA leaders call for adherence to U.N. Charter amid concerns over N.K.-Russia military cooperation

By Kim Eun-jung

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) -- The leaders of South Korea and four other middle-power countries called Monday for all U.N. members to comply with the U.N. Charter and Security Council resolutions, as concerns deepened over North Korea's troop dispatch to help Russia in its war against Ukraine.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit held in Rio de Janerio.

The leaders of the MIKTA group, named after the initials of Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey and Australia, issued a joint statement underscoring their commitment to enhance cooperation to tackle regional and global challenges.

"At a time of multiple crises and geopolitical confrontation, MIKTA Leaders reaffirmed their commitment to a safe, peaceful, just, equal, inclusive, sustainable and prosperous world for all, calling on all U.N. Member States to uphold the United Nations Charter and U.N. Resolutions, including those adopted by the Security Council," the statement said.

While South Korea and Australia have explicitly condemned military ties between Pyongyang and Moscow as violations of the U.N. Charter and Security Council resolutions, the MIKTA group refrained from addressing specific instances in detail.

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