National Security Office to Hold First Defense Export Strategy Evaluation Meeting Tomorrow... Discussing Mid- to Long-Term Promotion Strategies

Im Jong-deuk, 2nd Deputy Director of the National Security Office, Presides
Participation of Relevant Ministries, Companies, and Institutions
Quarterly Meetings Held for Review

The National Security Office will hold the first 'Defense Industry Export Strategy Evaluation Meeting' on the 26th to promote defense industry exports.

On the 25th, the Presidential Office announced in a press release that the 1st Defense Industry Export Strategy Evaluation Meeting will be held at the Yongsan Presidential Office, chaired by Lim Jong-deuk, the 2nd Deputy Director of the National Security Office.

The meeting will include related ministries such as the Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, as well as companies like Hanwha Aerospace, Hyundai Rotem, LIG Nex1, Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), and Poongsan. Institutions such as each branch of the military, the Agency for Defense Development, and the Korea Defense Industry Association will also participate.

The meeting will discuss ▲ the current status and mid-to-long-term promotion strategies of defense exports ▲ major export issues by country ▲ and tasks for institutional improvements to support the activation of defense exports.

This meeting body plans to hold meetings once every quarter to review major export issues and establish strategies.

Participating companies will directly convey the difficulties faced in the defense export field to the government. The meeting will be conducted in a discussion format so that companies can confirm the government's export support direction and institutional improvement plans, and review export strategies.

President Yoon Suk-yeol visited Hanwha Aerospace in Changwon, Gyeongnam, on November 24 last year to discuss K-defense export achievements and other matters.
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Earlier, President Yoon Suk-yeol has been actively supporting defense exports through 'sales diplomacy,' starting with attending the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in June last year, and in November last year, he personally chaired the 'Defense Export Strategy Meeting.'

Subsequently, the Presidential Office established the 'Defense Export Planning Team' within the Security Office in February to create a 'whole-of-government defense export support system.' This aims to establish a foundation for close cooperation among the government, military, and companies, and to continue last year's record-high defense export performance of $17.3 billion this year.

A Presidential Office official explained that this meeting "signifies the full-scale operation of the defense export control tower centered on the National Security Office."

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