Seoul, Nov. 26 (ANDINA). Peruvian Defense Minister Pedro Cateriano arrived in South Korea Tuesday for an official visit aimed at strengthening bilateral ties in security and defense areas. Perus Defense Minister arrives to Seoul for an official visit Foto: Mindef The Peruvian minister is set to hold defense talks in Seoul with his counterpart Kim Kwan-jin over progress made in the bilateral relationship and review developments in the export deal for KT-1 basic trainer. The KT-1 is a Korean propeller-driven tandem two-seat trainer plane built jointly by the Korea Aerospace industries Ltd.(KAI) and the Agency for Defense Development (ADD). South Korea plans to sell 20 of these KT-1 to the Andean country with four being made directly by the KAI and the rest to be assembled in Peru in a joint production arrangement that runs through 2015. Peru opened a joint production facility for the aircraft last week at Las Palmas Air Force base in Lima. Also present at the bilateral meeting will be the chiefs of Perus Air Force and Navy with a joint press conference scheduled for afterwards. Besides the ministerial meeting, the two sides plan to hold their first-ever national defense policy meeting that had been agreed at the defense minister meeting held in April. The two sides will discuss ways to facilitate training and education for military personnel and the signing of a military secret protection pact, the ministry said. Besides the ministerial meeting, the two sides plan to hold their first-ever national defense policy meeting that had been agreed at the defense minister meeting held in April this year. Yonhap news(South Korean news) agency reported that the two sides will discuss ways to facilitate training and education for military personnel and the signing of a military secret protection pact.
Posted on: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 22:14:29 +0000
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