South Korea and Turkey agree to expand nuclear and defence cooperation

At a Nov. 3 summit, Presidents Lee Jae Myung and Tayyip Erdogan agreed to expand nuclear and defence cooperation. South Korea is competing for work on Turkey’s planned Sinop reactors. Lee outlined plans for joint defence exports and cooperation in other sectors. Erdogan discussed raising bilateral trade to a previously agreed $15 billion target and updating the countries’ free trade agreement.