SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken mentioned on Monday that know-how ought to be used to uphold democratic values ​​within the face of efforts by authoritarian and repressive regimes to deploy know-how to undermine democracy and human rights.
Like-minded governments and their individuals work collectively to advertise free and honest elections, Blinken mentioned, noting that defending democracy was a collective effort.
“As authoritarian and repressive regimes deploy know-how to undermine democracy and human rights, we should be certain that know-how upholds and upholds democratic values ​​and norms,” ​​he mentioned on the opening of the South Korea Democracy Summit.
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(Reporting by Jack Kim; Modifying by Ed Davies)