SINGAPORE, May 31 (Reuters) – The South Korean and Japanese defence ministers discussed the possibility of concluding a military-logistics support agreement, Yonhap News Agency said on Sunday. “It requires the understanding and persuasion of the citizens of both nations, and I believe we should still proceed with caution,” South Korea’s Ahn Gyu-back told reporters after […]
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SINGAPORE, May 31 (Reuters) – The South Korean and Japanese defence ministers discussed the possibility of concluding a military-logistics support agreement, Yonhap News Agency said on Sunday.
“It requires the understanding and persuasion of the citizens of both nations, and I believe we should still proceed with caution,” South Korea’s Ahn Gyu-back told reporters after meeting his counterpart Shinjiro Koizumi at the Shangri-La Dialogue of regional defence chiefs in Singapore.
Ahn was referring to a potential acquisition and cross-servicing agreement, which would allow neighbouring U.S. allies Seoul and Tokyo to share and mutually procure military logistics such as fuel, food and ammunition.
(Reporting by Rae Wee in Singapore and Hyunjoo Jin in Seoul; Editing by William Mallard)