Lee Set for Summit with Turkey's Erdogan to Discuss Deepening Cooperation
The leaders signed new memorandums on nuclear financing and joint defense production, with bilateral trade reaching a record $10.7 billion last year.
- On Tuesday, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a summit in Seoul to deepen bilateral cooperation. The meeting precedes the 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties next year.
- Erdogan arrived in South Korea on Monday for a three-day state visit, his first trip since 2018. This engagement follows their July meeting at a NATO summit in Ankara, laying groundwork for current discussions.
- The two sides signed a memorandum of understanding on financing to support Korean firms' participation in Turkey's Sinop nuclear project. Leaders also agreed to raise bilateral trade volume to $15 billion from $10.7 billion last year.
- Agreements included increasing joint defense production on Altay tanks and Firtina howitzers. Turkey reaffirmed support for South Korea's policy toward North Korea, confirming shared commitment to peace on the Korean Peninsula.
- The two nations will pursue joint entry into third-country markets while expanding cooperation into biotechnology, critical minerals, and infrastructure development. Both leaders aim to deliver tangible results as they deepen their strategic partnership.
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President Lee Jae-myung met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and said, “Let us expand the scope of cooperation between the two countries in various fields, including nuclear power, defense, and energy.” The two nations signed four Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs), including those on energy cooperation. In a press statement following his meeting with President Erdogan on the 3rd, President Lee stated, “Because there were over 21,000…
Seoul, Nov 3 (EFE).- South Korea and Turkey agreed this Tuesday to strengthen their cooperation in nuclear energy, critical minerals and defense, during a summit in the South Korean capital between their presidents, Lee Jae Myung and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "Both countries consider that the cooperation for the construction project of the nuclear power plant [...] The entry South Korea and Turkey strengthen nuclear cooperation and in critical miner…
President Lee Jae-myung held a summit meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who visited Korea on the 3rd, and decided to establish practical cooperation in strategic fields such as nuclear power plants, defense, and infrastructure. President Lee said, “In the minds of our people, Turkey has become a 'Khan Kardesh', or brother who shared blood.
President Li Jae Men of South Korea and President Recep Tayip Erdogan of Turkey agreed to deepen bilateral cooperation in strategic sectors such as nuclear energy and defence, and the leaders of South Korea and Turkey Li Jae Men and Recep Tayip Erdoğan agreed at the Seoul summit to expand cooperation in strategic areas, including the construction of nuclear power plants and the defence industry, transferring Yonhap. The leaders of the two States…
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