South Korea’s president has met a visiting Ukraine delegation and called for a joint response to the threat posed by North Korea’s recent dispatch of more than 10,000 soldiers to support Russia’s war against Ukraine.

President Yoon Suk Yeol held closed-door talks with a Ukrainian delegation in Seoul, Wednesday, and discussed support measures for the country amid its war with Russia, according to the presidential office.

President Yoon Suk Yeol met with a Ukrainian delegation as the North Korean troop deployment threatens to expand the war.