Lee arrives in Turkey for summit talks on defense, nuclear energy cooperation
President Lee Jae Myung arrived in Ankara on Monday for summit talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with discussions expected to focus on economic cooperation in the defense and nuclear energy industries. Lee flew to Turkey from South Africa after wrapping up his visit to Johannesburg for the Group of 20 (G20) summit, marking the final stop of his four-nation Middle East and Africa tour. On the first day of his visit, Lee is scheduled to hold summit talks with Erdogan to discuss ways to expand economic cooperation, particularly in the defense and nuclear energy industries. Defense collaboration has been a cornerstone of bilateral ties, with Turkey operating its own variant of Korea's K9 self-propelled howitzer and partnering with Korean defense contractor Hyundai Rotem on the development of the Altay main battle tank program. Nuclear energy is also expected to be a major agenda item, as Korea has expressed interest in Turkey's plan to build its second nuclear power plant in Sinop on the Black Sea coast. Their meeting will be the second this week, as Lee and Erdogan met on thWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times
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