South Korea, UAE sign MOU on $35 billion defence cooperation, envoy says


SEOUL, ⁠Feb 26 (Reuters) - South ⁠Korea and the ‌United Arab Emirates have signed a memorandum ​of understanding ⁠to promote ⁠defence cooperation that would ⁠be ‌worth more than $35 ⁠billion, Seoul's presidential envoy ​said ‌on Thursday.

The defence ⁠projects ​will be in areas spanning ⁠anti-air defence, air ​force and navy, Kang Hoon-sik, who ⁠is President Lee Jae Myung's chief of staff, told ​reporters ⁠as he returned ​from the ‌UAE.

(Reporting by ​Jack KimEditing by Ros Russell)

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