Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday met with the South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook, in the presence of the Egyptian Minister of Defense and Military Production Mohamed Zaki, South Korean Minister of Defense Acquisition Program Administration Kang Eun-ho, and Hong Jin-wook, South Korean Ambassador to Cairo. The Egyptian presidential spokesperson Bassam Rady said that Sisi expressed Egypt’s pride in its close ties with South Korea. Egypt now enjoys a modern and integrated infrastructure system of facilities and services that provides a strong basis for establishing any development cooperation partnership, Sisi said. The South Korean Defense Minister on his end expressed his country’s appreciation for the recent development and prosperity of Egyptian-Korean relations. technology transfer and localization to support Egypt’s responsibility to achieve stability, security and combat terrorism, Rady said.

Source: Egypt Independent August 31, 2021 14:46 UTC