Ahn Gyu-baek, South Korea's Minister of National Defense, held a call with David McGuinty, Canada's Minister of National Defense, on June 4 to discuss key defense issues and cooperation between the two nations.
According to the Ministry of National Defense, the ministers praised the recent docking of South Korea's 3,000-ton submarine, the Dosan Ahn Chang-ho, at Canada's Victoria base, along with the ongoing joint training exercises between their navies.
Both ministers agreed that these exercises enhance interoperability between their navies and reaffirm their shared commitment to maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
Ahn expressed deep gratitude to McGuinty and the Canadian Ministry of National Defense for their generous support in ensuring the success of the training. He also expressed hope for closer collaboration between South Korea and Canada in submarine projects, security, defense industry, and broader industrial cooperation.
The ministers recalled the outcomes of the Korea-Canada Foreign Affairs and Defense (2+2) Ministerial Meeting held in February and agreed to continue multilateral cooperation on global security issues and defense and defense industry collaboration.
Currently, Hanwha Ocean is competing for the Canadian Submarine Replacement Project (CPSP), valued at 60 trillion won, alongside ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) from Germany, having made it to the shortlist of qualified candidates.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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