Korea Seeks to Sell Air Defense System to Saudi Arabia
Defense Minister Kim Jang-soo, left, talks with his Saudi Arabian counterpart Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz during a meeting in the Middle East country, Sunday.

/ Courtesy of Defense Ministry

By Jung Sung-ki
Staff Reporter

Saudi Arabia is considering dispatching a military attache to its embassy in Seoul as part of efforts to improve bilateral defense ties, the Ministry of National Defense said Monday.

The plan was proposed during talks between Defense Minister Kim Jang-soo and his Saudi Arabian counterpart Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, minister of defense and aviation, in Riyadh, Sunday, the ministry said in a news release.

Kim is on a three-day trip to the Middle East country for the first defense ministers' talks between the two nations in seven years.

``The ministers shared an understanding on the need for improving cooperation and exchanges between the militaries of the two nations,'' Lt. Col. Kim Gwang-woo of the ministry's international policy team told reporters. ``To that end, Saudi Arabia proposed that it would establish a diplomatic mission to handle defense affairs in South Korea.''

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NOOOO!!! Don't sell Saudi Arabia anything. It's only a matter of time before the Saud family loses its power and start joining the list of asylum seekers. With Al Qaeda flying F-15s.

The Kingdom falls very low on my list too but there building a layered defense against Iran rockets & missiles. If the Saudi's didn't have Hawk trainers already one may think T-50s might have been offered? Think the Saudi's might interested in some of those new South Korean IVF, APC, or even tanks? I think there's more between the lines here but time will tell.