Sayyid Shihab bin Tarik al-Said, Deputy Prime Minister for Defense Affairs in the Sultanate of Oman, received in his office Suh Wook, Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Korea and his accompanying delegation.

The meeting discussed areas of existing cooperation between the Defense Ministries of the two countries and ways to enhance them.

The two sides exchanged views on a number of matters of common interest for the benefit of the two friendly countries, Oman News Agency (ONA) reported.

The meeting was attended by Dr. Mohammed Nasser al-Za’abi, Secretary General of Ministry of Defense, Vice Admiral Abdullah Khamis al-Ra’eesi, Chief-of-Staff of the Sultan’s Armed Forces (SAF), the Korean Ambassador to the Sultanate, the Military Attaché at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Muscat, and SAF senior officers.

The Korean Minister of National Defense and his accompanying delegation arrived to Oman Wednesday morning. They were received upon their arrival at Muscat International Airport by Air Commodore Khalid Mohammed al-Abri, Director General of Operations at the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO), the Ambassador of Korea to the Sultanate, and the Military Attaché at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Muscat.