Yoon calls for thorough preparedness against geopolitical risks in Ukraine, Middle East

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday instructed his officials to be thoroughly prepared for risks and uncertainties over raging wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, his office said. Yoon gave the instruction during a weekly meeting with Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, as North Korean troops were expected to be deployed with the Russian army to fight against Ukraine and as tensions have heightened in the Middle East following Israel's recent deadly air strikes on Iran. Yoon ordered his aides to "make thorough efforts to manage rising geopolitical risks and external economic uncertainties in regions, including Ukraine and the Middle East," presidential spokesperson Jeong Hye-jeon said in a written briefing. National Security Adviser Shin Won-sik, who recently returned from his trip to Washington, D.C., for a meeting with his U.S. and Japanese counterparts, also attended the meeting. Source: Yonhap News Agency