Korean President Lee calls for ‘defense industry partnership 2.0’ with NATO

• ·NATO's long experience with Korea's advanced technology would strengthen security capabilities on both sides, Lee Jae Myung said in Turkey, while calling to jointly produce and operate defense systems.
• ·President Lee Jae Myung called for expanded defense industry cooperation between Korea and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Turkey on Tuesday, stressing that combining NATO's experience with Korea's advanced technology would strengthen their security capabilities.
• ·“If the stable production capabilities and proven technological prowess of the Republic of Korea, a reliable partner, are combined with NATO’s long-standing know-how, the security capabilities of both sides will be much stronger than they are now,” Lee said in his keynote address at the Defense Industry Forum held on the margins of the two-day NATO summit in Ankara.
• ·“True solidarity and cooperation cannot exist without the conviction that supplies will not be cut off under any circumstances and the belief that core technologies will be safely protected,” Lee said.
• ·“Korea possesses the conditions for that trust.” Lee then proposed to “elevate defense cooperation beyond the current model of simply trading weapon systems” and move toward a “Korea–NATO defense industry partnership 2.0,” in which the two sides can jointly research, produce and operate defense systems.

[단독]제주 또다른 中 성매매 조직 정황…수사는 지지부진