Deputy Prime Minister for Defense Affairs Shihab bin Tarik al-Said received at his office South Korean Minister of National Defense Suh Wook and his accompanying delegation.

The guest is on an official several-day visit to the Sultanate, said Oman News Agency.

The meeting discussed areas of existing cooperation between the defense ministries of the two countries and ways to enhance them. The two sides exchanged views on a number of matters of common interest for the benefit of the two friendly countries.

The meeting was attended by Dr. Mohammed Nasser al-Za'abi, Secretary General of Ministry of Defence, Vice Admiral Abdullah Khamis al-Ra'eesi, Chief of Staff of the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF), the Korean Ambassador to the Sultanate, the Military Attaché at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Muscat, and SAF senior officers.