We want to be a service centre for Korean equipment purchased by both Poland and another European countries – said Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz during the "Poland-South Korea strategical Dialogue". The head of the MON announced that cooperation between the 2 countries should concern not only the modernisation of the army, but besides the exchange of experience in border protection.
Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz and Deputy Minister of Defence Paweł Bejda took part in the “Poland-South Korea strategical Dialogue”, an event organised by the Kazimierz Pulaski Foundation. The guests of the foundation were besides the head of the South Korean Defence Ministry. Shin Won-sik and Minister of the Defence Sector Procurement Agency Seok Jong-gun. Today's gathering was next item of the South Korean delegation visit to Poland and covered the scope of cooperation between the 2 countries.
"The Republic of Korea is simply a strategical partner for us in the field of army transformation, but we are besides entering a fresh phase in our relationship, in the area of information exchange, training, military-level cooperation, at the level of military cooperation that we want to strengthen and strengthen," stressed Deputy Prime Minister Kosiniak-Kamish during the beginning forum. The head of the MON informed about the agreement of a acquisition agenda in South Korea for the Polish army. First of all, the contracts for the transportation of: K2 tanks, cannonhaubic K9, FA-50 fighters Or Chunmoo rocket launchers. Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz stressed, however, that it is not only about purchasing equipment in Korea. – We will be producing K2 tanks in Poland – he reminded the findings from yesterday's gathering with the Minister of Defence of Korea. Moreover, Poland "is besides committed to being a service centre for Korean equipment, both purchased for our needs and another European countries, specified as Romania". – The purchased Korean equipment will besides be available in Poland. This is our clear and clear proposal – said the Polish politician. He besides thanked the Korean side for its firm declaration of the fast transfer of technology to the Polish Armed Forces Group, which is simply a strategical partner for the Korean industry.
Cooperation with the Korean partner is to have a wider scope than modernization of the army. “We besides want to draw on South Korean experience on border protection. Korean experience is most likely the biggest in the world. Systems managed by artificial intelligence in border protection. This is another point of our strategical cooperation and the area of our cooperation – explained the Polish Minister of Defence.
An crucial point of Polish-Korean talks is besides the issue of export of flagship products of the Polish arms industry. It is primarily about self-propelled mortars Cancer, hand-held Piorun rocket launchers or Baobab overhead mines. Polish unmanned systems, including FlyEye designation equipment and search and impact Gladius, are besides to be the subject of the offer. – We besides made an offer to buy Polish equipment for the Korean army. I am glad that it was welcomed at the preliminary stage. We are ready to present this equipment and deliver it to Korea, we invitation you to buy from us – said the head of the MON.
Shin Won-sik, South Korean defence Minister, assured that his country wanted to be a ‘strategic partner for Poland’. He recalled that their strong arms manufacture had developed comparatively recently. "Since the Korean War, the Republic of Korea has made all effort to build the country's strongest defence potential. As a consequence of these efforts, a country that was incapable to produce a single firearm has become a military power which presently produces state-of-the-art weapons systems and exports them to another countries," Shin Won-sik argued. “Now we will aid Poland become the largest defence power in Central Europe,” he assured.
"Poland-South Korea strategical Dialogue" was organised as part of Road to Warsaw safety Forum by K. Pulaski Foundation. The event focuses on Polish-Korean bilateral cooperation, primarily in the field of defence and defence industry.
