韩国周三加倍强调其说法，称乌克兰违反了关于两名朝鲜战俘转移的相互保密协议，并表示基辅方面是第一个要求对此事保密的一方。
South Korea doubled down Wednesday on its claim that Ukraine violated a mutual confidentiality agreement over the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war (POWs), saying Kyiv was the first to request secrecy over the matter.
据韩联社报道，韩国间谍机构国家情报院表示，两国从进程一开始就达成了对转移保密的共识。
South Korea’s spy agency, the National Intelligence Service, said the two countries had a shared understanding to keep the transfer confidential from the beginning of the process, Yonhap News Agency reported.
国家情报院在向国会情报委员会汇报时还表示，这两名朝鲜士兵于9月中旬抵达韩国，没有重大健康问题。
Briefing the National Assembly's intelligence committee, the National Intelligence Service also said the two North Korean soldiers arrived in South Korea in mid-September and had no major health problems.
乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基上周在联合国大会发表讲话时披露了被俘士兵被转移到韩国一事。
The transfer of the captured soldiers to South Korea was disclosed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his address last week to the UN General Assembly.
韩国总统李在明及其办公室此后表示，乌克兰违反了一项保密协议，该协议旨在对转移保密，以保护士兵，因为如果转移被披露，他们可能面临危险。据报道，一名乌克兰总统官员否认存在保密协议。韩国外交部周一召见了乌克兰大使，并对这一否认表示强烈关切。
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and his office have since said that Ukraine breached a nondisclosure agreement aimed at keeping the transfer a secret to protect the soldiers from dangers they could face if their transfer were to be disclosed. A Ukrainian presidential official reportedly denied the existence of a nondisclosure agreement. South Korea's Foreign Ministry summoned the Ukrainian ambassador Monday and expressed strong concern over the denial.