SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) — Protection officers of South Korea and China held working-level talks in Beijing on Thursday to debate resuming joint maritime search and rescue workouts (SAREX) after a 15-year hiatus.
The 2 international locations launched the SAREX drills for humanitarian maritime cooperation within the Yellow Sea, together with search and rescue efforts, boosting security and selling navy exchanges to reinforce bilateral relations.
The SAREX workouts happened in 2005, 2007 and 2008, and haven’t been held for the reason that final drills in 2011.
The 2 sides mentioned reviving the drills on the twenty first bilateral protection coverage assembly, which was additionally held for the primary time in additional than three years.
Either side assessed positively the efforts to renew protection cooperation and agreed to work carefully collectively to revive the severed strategic dialogue channels, whereas increasing the scope of exchanges between protection authorities.
Thursday’s assembly got here as Seoul and Beijing are taking steps to enhance bilateral ties and resolve pending points following summit talks between President Lee Jae Myung and Chinese language President Xi Jinping in early January.
Protection officers of South Korea and China maintain a working-level coverage assembly on the Chinese language protection ministry in Beijing on Feb. 5, 2026, on this photograph offered by South Korea’s protection ministry. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
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