South Korea and NATO have agreed to establish a defence industry consulting group to explore how the two can improve their defence cooperation, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing a Thursday announcement from the presidential office.

The agreement was reached in a meeting between NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and South Korean National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac on the sidelines of Wednesday’s NATO summit in The Hague.

“The two sides agreed to establish a new director-general level South Korea-NATO defence industry consultation body to discuss specific measures to enhance cooperation in the defence sector,” Yonhap reported, citing the presidential office.

The two sides also agreed to promote defence industry cooperation by having South Korea participate in future NATO projects directed at strengthening the transatlantic alliance’s defence capabilities. It did not specify what these might be.

On Wednesday, Wi took part in a separate session with Rutte and representatives from three other Indo-Pacific partners – Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

They agreed to continue their advanced supply chain cooperation and close cooperation in defence development, production and procurement. NATO and its Indo-Pacific partners also agreed to work together on joint projects in space, the maritime domain and in munitions.