Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, Minister of State for Defence Affairs, today received the South Korean Defence Minister, Song Young-moo, and his accompanying delegation.

During the meeting, the parties discussed cooperation and strategic partnership between the UAE and South Korea, and the support of these relations from the leaderships and governments of the two countries and peoples and means of enhancing and developing them.

Al Bowardi and Young-moo reviewed areas of coordination and strategic cooperation in a number of military and defence fields, and the latest developments on the regional and international arenas.

The meeting was attended by Abdullah Saif Ali Al Nuaimi, UAE Ambassador to South Korea, and a number of senior officers and officials of the Ministry of Defence.