MILITARY TIES. Defense Secretary Delfin N. Lorenzana (left) shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart, Defense Minister Song Young-moo, in Song's office in Seoul on Monday (April 30, 2018). (Photo by Yonhap)
Filipino Defense Secretary Delfin N. Lorenzana came to Korea to attend the steel cutting ceremony for two frigates that the Philippines has ordered.
Defense Minister Song Young-moo briefed Lorenzana on the outcome of the inter-Korean summit talks last week.
He requested Manila's support for Seoul's efforts to achieve the denuclearization of the peninsula and bring lasting peace through an improvement in inter-Korean relations, the Korean ministry said.
Lorenzana welcomed the accomplishments from the summit and expressed the Philippines' backing for South Korea's initiative, it added.
They also pledged continued efforts to promote partnerships in arms development.
Last year, South Korea signed a contract to build two 2,600-ton frigates for the Philippine Navy.
South Korea earlier sold a dozen FA-50 light attack aircraft, based on the T-50 advanced trainer jet, to the Philippines.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1033669
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