The head of the state arms procurement agency held talks with key defense officials in Norway earlier this week to discuss arms industry cooperation and the operation of the South Korean K9 self-propelled howitzer, officials said Friday.
Seok Jong-gun, minister of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, met Norway's State Secretary of Defence Andreas Flam on Wednesday, according to DAPA.
In the meeting, they discussed Norway's operation of self-propelled howitzers, as well as potential upgrades and additional supplies of the K9 weapons system for the Scandinavian nation.
Seok also introduced the Chunmoo multiple launch rocket system as a weapons system that could be supplied at an optimal period for Norway's bid to acquire long-range precision strike weapons systems, DAPA said.
In his meeting with Oyvind Kvalvik, deputy director general at the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency, Seok discussed ways to strengthen arms cooperation, such as research and development, in areas that included space, missile and electronics warfare.
Norway is among the nine countries outside of South Korea that have acquired the K9, along with Australia, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, India, Poland, Romania and Turkey. (Yonhap)
