Defense Minister Lee Jong-seop Visits Uzbekistan

First Visit as Defense Minister... Discussion on Defense Industry Cooperation

Defense Minister Lee Jong-seop is visiting Uzbekistan to discuss ways to expand defense and defense industry cooperation.

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On the 31st, the Ministry of National Defense announced that Minister Lee will visit Uzbekistan from today until August 3rd to pay a courtesy call on Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and hold talks with Viktor Mahmudov, Secretary-General of the National Security Council (NSC), and Bahodir Kurbanov, Minister of Defense. Additionally, a bilateral defense industry promotion conference will be held to discuss strategic defense industry cooperation measures.

This is the first time a South Korean Minister of National Defense has visited Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan established diplomatic relations with South Korea in January 1992 and with North Korea in February 1992, and maintains a special strategic partnership with South Korea.

Central Asian countries, including Uzbekistan, which were part of the former Soviet sphere, continue cooperation with Russia in economic and military fields; however, they officially maintain neutrality regarding Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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