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Korean president calls for enhanced military cooperation with NATO

By Yonhap

Published : Nov. 2, 2017 - 15:58

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South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday called for increased cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also stressing the need for the two sides to work together to peacefully resolve the North Korean nuclear issue.

"I appreciate and agree with the fact you stressed that the North Korean nuclear issue must be resolved through diplomatic means," the president said while meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at his presidential office Cheong Wa Dae.

Moon noted his country maintained a very close relationship with many NATO member states, noting many of them had also sent troops to help defend South Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in (R) speaks in a meeting with Jens Stoltenberg, secretary-general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Nov. 2, 2017. (Yonhap) South Korean President Moon Jae-in (R) speaks in a meeting with Jens Stoltenberg, secretary-general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Nov. 2, 2017. (Yonhap)

"And so the country hopes the cooperative relationship between the country and NATO as global partners will further develop, and wishes it will especially be enhanced in the military sector," he added, according to Cheong Wa Dae pool reports.

Stoltenberg arrived here earlier in the week for talks on ways to boost NATO's bilateral cooperation with South Korea and their joint efforts to rein in North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile capabilities. He held bilateral talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Wednesday.

Noting his trip to the Demilitarized Zone that divides the two Koreas earlier in the day, the NATO chief said he was moved to see numerous South Korean troops defending not only peace on the Korean Peninsula but in the entire world, according to the Cheong Wa Dae pool reports. (Yonhap)

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