Deputy NSA Misri meets South Korean counterpart

Deputy NSA Vikram Misri has met South Korea’s National Security Advisor Cho Tae-young in Seoul and discussed defence cooperation, economic security, supply chain resilience and critical and emerging technologies.

Misri is on a visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) on August 22-23 for the 4th India-RoK Deputy NSA-level Strategic Dialogue. The third edition of the Strategic Dialogue was held in India in December 2021. Misri met Kim Tae-hyo, First Deputy Director of National Security and they discussed enhancing cooperation in a wide range of bilateral areas including defence industry and technology, economic security and supply chain resilience, enhancing Korean investments in India, and science and technology issues, an official statement said. They highlighted the importance of closer cooperation on critical and emerging technologies and agreed to step up engagements in these areas. Views on regional and global security environment were also exchanged, the statement said.