S. Korea, NATO hold 2nd military staff dialogue in Belgium

South Korea and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) held their second military staff dialogue in Belgium and discussed military cooperation, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Wednesday. The talks on Tuesday (local time) were led by Rear Adm. Kang Dong-goo of the South Korean Navy, who heads the JCS' strategic planning, and Maj. Gen. Dacian-Tiberiu Serban of the Romanian Army, director of NATO's cooperative security division, the JCS said. "The two sides agreed on the need to expand military cooperation and communication to achieve peace through strength, and maintain a rules-based international order," the JCS said. The bilateral military staff dialogue was launched as part of efforts to promote the mutual understanding of the security situations on the Korean Peninsula and in Europe and enhance military cooperation. The inaugural talks took place in Seoul in February last year. Source: Yonhap News Agency