By Jung Sung-ki
Staff Reporter
Defense officials from South Korea and Turkey opened five-day talks over bilateral defense cooperation in Ankara, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said Tuesday.
High on the agenda is South Korea's cooperation on Turkey's shipbuilding program to develop amphibious large-deck landing ships and tank landing ships, a DAPA official said. Turkey also wants to purchase the South Korean Army's K-10 ammunition re-supply vehicles, he said.
DAPA deputy chief Kim Jong-min leads the Korean delegation, while Beyazit Karatas, an assistant minister for technology cooperation from Turkey's Defense Ministry, represents Turkey's delegation at the talks, he added.
Defense cooperation talks between Seoul and Ankara were first held in 1999.