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The President’s office repeatedly emphasized that President Yoon’s remarks were only a request to our soldiers.
At one time, there was also a report saying, “I am sorry for Iran’s attitude,” from an official in the President’s Office, but the President’s Office said that it was just an excessive personal opinion, and it caused some confusion in the response process, such as evolving.
In the National Assembly, the ruling party responded to the criticism of the opposition party as a diplomatic disaster, calling it a traitorous act.
This is reporter Kim Jae-kyung’s report.
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Regarding Iran’s ongoing backlash, the President’s Office maintained that it was only a request from President Seok-Yeol Yoon to the soldiers of the ARK Unit.
In a text message sent to reporters, a key official in the presidential office repeatedly said, “I asked our soldiers working in the United Arab Emirates to face the grave security situation there.”
There was also a report that another key official said in a phone call with Yonhap News that “I am sorry for the attitude of the Iranian side regarding the exercise of command over the soldiers.”
When interpretation continued that the government’s response stance had changed in response to Iran’s opposition, the president’s office hurriedly evolved, saying that it was just an excessive personal opinion.
The power of the people also aimed at the opposition party, telling them not to use it as a subject of political dispute, asking how the words of encouragement for dispatched soldiers could be diplomatic remarks.
[김미애/국민의힘 원내대변인]
“The Democratic Party must stop the traitorous behavior of trying to turn the president’s remarks of encouragement for dispatched soldiers into a diplomatic issue.”
The Democratic Party continued its offensive, saying that the most ups and downs at the Lunar New Year’s table was President Yoon’s horse bomb.
[조정식/더불어민주당 사무총장]
“Why do you have accidents when you only go abroad? If you made a mistake and made a mistake, you should correct it and apologize.
In addition, about 2,000 Korean companies have entered Iran, and 60 ships a day pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
This is Kim Jae-kyung from MBC News.
Video coverage: Song Rok-pil / Editing: Yun Chi-young
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