SEOUL: South Korea's state arms procurement agency on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Brazil's defence ministry to bolster bilateral cooperation in the defence industry.
The agreement was signed between Seok Jong-gun, South Korea's minister of the Defence Acquisition Program Administration, and Heraldo Luiz Rodrigues, Brazil's secretary of defence, during a signing ceremony earlier in the day.
The MOU centred on facilitating cooperation on research, development and the purchase of defence supplies, expanding industrial cooperation and strengthening personnel exchanges between the two nations.