South Korea and the United States have agreed to make efforts to expand the participation of South Korean companies in the maintenance of US military equipment in the Indo-Pacific region, the defense ministry said Tuesday.
The two sides discussed such efforts during logistics policy talks in San Diego last Wednesday, attended by Lee Gap-su, head of the ministry’s logistics management bureau, and Christopher J. Lowman, US assistant secretary of defense for sustainment.
During the talks, the two sides shared the need to expand the use of logistics capabilities of US allies in the Indo-Pacific region, citing changes in the security environment, supply chain uncertainties and increasing regional conflicts, the ministry said.
It said the US military will be able to reduce maintenance time if they receive maintenance in South Korea, noting that it would also minimize gaps in the operation of combined South Korea-US assets.
