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Minister of National Defense holds ROK-India Defense Ministers’ ...

Minister of National Defense holds ROK-India Defense Ministers’ Meeting



□ Minister of National Defense Suh Wook and his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh discussed ways to strengthen bilateral exchanges in defense fields and cooperation in defense industry fields during bilateral talks held in New Delhi, India, on March 26.



□ Responding to Suh’s explanation of the recent situation and our government’s peace process regime on the Korean Peninsula, Singh clarified that India will continue to support the ROK’s policies for the complete denuclearization of and a permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula.



□ Taking this ministers’ meeting as an opportunity, the two ministers agreed to invigorate bilateral exchanges and cooperation in the field of defense, which had been put off due to the COVID-19 outbreak. They also agreed to maintain the impetus for exchange cooperation by holding regular meetings of each armed service and information exchange meetings, as well as the ROK-India foreign and defense vice ministers’ meeting (2+2 meeting).



□ The two ministers agreed on the need to build a rules-based international order for the Indo-Pacific region based on the principles of openness, transparency and inclusiveness.

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