India And South Korea Explore New Avenues To Bolster Defence Ties

India-South Korea Defence Ties: A host of issues, including geo-political developments in the region and ways to boost bilateral strategic partnership, figured in the wide-ranging talks between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his South Korean counterpart Suh Wook.

India and South Korea on Friday explored new avenues to further expand their defence and military ties, and reaffirmed support to multilateral initiatives to promote lasting peace and stability in the region and beyond. Had excellent deliberations with the Republic of Korea's Defence Minister, Mr Suh Wook, in New Delhi today. We discussed ways to strengthen and further deepen defence cooperation between India and RoK. pic.twitter.com/ewviEJMViI A host of issues, including geo-political developments in the region and ways to boost bilateral strategic partnership, figured in the wide-ranging talks between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his South Korean counterpart Suh Wook. "They reaffirmed their support to multilateral initiatives to promote lasting peace and stability in the region and beyond," the defence ministry said in a statement. China's military assertiveness in the region is learnt to have figured in the deliberations.