The "Agreement on the Protection of Classified Military
Information" which was signed Monday by Philippine and South Korean
defense ministers has a validity of five years.
This was stressed by Defense public affairs office chief
Arsenio Andolong Monday.
The agreement regulates the exchange of classified
information between the Philippines
and South Korea
"The agreement will be implemented by the Deputy
Chief-of-Staff for Intelligence, J-2 on the part of the Philippines and Defense Intelligence Agency on
part of the Republic of Korea (South Korea
Signing took place last Monday. Representing the Philippine
side was Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin while South Korean Defense Minister
Han Min-koo signed for his country.
"This agreement will (also) enable the Philippines to be better apprised of the latest
developments in the Korean
Peninsula Koreas
Both officials manifested their continued support to the
further enhancement of its defense relations through the expansion of exchanges
at the senior defense and military levels.
And to promote more relevant and practical cooperation
towards the goal of establishing a strategic partnership, the Department of
National Defense and South Korean Ministry of National Defense will explore the
need for the establishment of an annual Defense Policy Consultation at the
vice-ministerial level.
Gazmin personally extended his appreciation, in behalf of
the direct beneficiaries of Leyte , who
benefited from the one-year deployment of the South Korean Army's
"Araw" Unit that extended assistance in the rehabilitation of Palo,
Tanauan and Tolosa in the aftermath of Typhoon "Yolanda" in 2013.
While Han, on the other hand, committed the support of Korean
defense industries in the Modernization Program of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
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