South Korea has expressed “regret” to India over the provocative social post by Hyundai Pakistan in which the latter had expressed the “Kashmir Solidarity Day.”
It had put Ministry of External Affairs in motion: India’s ambassador in Seoul contacted the Hyundai headquarters for an explanation; also the ambassador of the Republic of Korea was summoned on Monday, an explanation sought for the “unacceptable” post.
Now, South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong called his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar today.
“Received a call from ROK FM Chung Eui-yong today. Discussed bilateral and multilateral issues as also the Hyundai matter,” the EAM had tweeted earlier today.
“The RoK Foreign Minister also conveyed that they regretted the offence caused to the people and Government of India by the social media post,” the MEA added in its statement.
Hyundai Motors also shared a statement, conveying its regret.
The Hyundai India twitter handle also said that independently owned distributor in Pakistan had gone against the company policy to make “unauthorised Kashmir-related social media posts” from their own accounts.
“We have since taken measures to ensure the distributor, which misused the Hyundai brand identity, has removed the social media posts and we have put in place processes to prevent a future recurrence,” the company said.
