Defense Minister Seo Wook Visits Cheonghae Unit

[Asia Economy Yang Nak-gyu, Military Specialist Reporter] Seo Wook, Minister of National Defense, visited the Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin ship of the 35th Cheonghae Unit, which is docked at Muscat Port, Oman.

On the 2nd, the Ministry of National Defense announced that Minister Seo, who is visiting Oman, visited the Cheonghae Unit on the afternoon of the 1st (local time) and received a briefing on the military logistics loading method and the operation status of the newly supplied latest Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing equipment.

At the meeting, Minister Seo said, "Thorough quarantine measures must come first above all to fully accomplish the mission," and urged, "Please block the inflow of COVID-19 into the ship and take prompt action if symptomatic cases occur, so that you can safely complete the mission and return." Minister Seo's visit to the Cheonghae Unit was made as a follow-up measure after the group infection incident of the 34th Cheonghae Unit in July.

Earlier, on the morning of the 1st (local time), Minister Seo held a bilateral meeting with Said Saif bin Tariq bin Taimur Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of Oman, in Muscat.

Deputy Prime Minister Saif conveyed King Haitham bin Tariq Al Said's regards to President Moon Jae-in and expressed hope that the official visit of the Korean president to Oman would be realized and that cooperation between the two countries would expand to various fields including defense.

Minister Seo expressed gratitude for the support from the Omani authorities to the Cheonghae Unit, which is carrying out anti-piracy and international vessel safe navigation support missions in the waters near Oman.

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