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The ROK and Chile signed a ROK-
Chile Defense Cooperation Agreement
during the Chilean President’s visit
to the ROK in April 2019, laying the
foundation to promote cooperation
in defense and the defense industry
between the two countries. In May
2019, a joint government defense Signing ceremony for the ROK–Chile defense
cooperation agreement (April 2019)
industry cooperation delegation for
Central and South America visited Colombia and Peru to create an opportunity to
assess each country’s defense industry status and the possibility for cooperation
in the defense industry with the ROK. In October 2019, the ROK Vice Minister of
National Defense held bilateral talks during the Paraguayan Vice Defense Minister’s
visit to the ROK and discussed the security situation on the Korean Peninsula and
ways to strengthen cooperation in defense and the defense industry between the two
countries. In October, the Chilean ship Esmeralda arrived at the Busan naval port for
cruise training during which the ROK and Chile built a close cooperative relationship.
The MND plans to actively promote cooperation in the defense industry with key
countries in Central and South America while maintaining friendly relations with
these nations by promoting regular high-ranking military personnel exchanges.

Africa As Africa is gaining strategic importance as a new source of key
resource and a new economic cooperation partner, the MND is

invigorating defense exchanges and cooperation in various fields including high-
level military exchanges, exchanges between each military service, and defense
industry cooperation with the aim of shaping the conditions for defense industry
exports and expan-ding national defense diplomacy.
The ROK Minister of National
Defense signed an MOU on defense
cooperation with Senegal during the
Senegalese Defense Minister’s visit
to the ROK in October 2019, laying
the institutional basis for bilateral
cooperation in defense and the defense
industry. The ROK Vice Minister of
National Defense held bilateral talks
Signing of the MOU on ROK–Senegal Defense
with the Vice Defense Minister of Cooperation (October 2019)

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