○ Chairman Kim Seung Kyum met with Army General Carsten Breuer, the first German Inspector General of the Armed Forces to visit the Republic of Korea, and shared their assessments of the security landscape in the Korean Peninsula and discussed ways to promote military cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.

○ The two Chiefs of Defense concurred that the Republic of Korea and Germany have for long sustained close cooperation in various fields as countries sharing universal values of liberal democracy, and that the two countries should further expand the scope of bilateral cooperation for the stability of the Indo-Pacific region.

○ Chairman Kim conveyed his gratitude for Germany and the international society's resolute implementation of sanctions against the DPRK contributing to peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula, and asked for continued unwavering support of the ROK government's DPRK policy and efforts to establish peace in the peninsula.

○ Furthermore, the two senior military leaders voiced their concerns over the prolonged War in Ukraine, and agreed to join efforts for the stability of Europe and world peace as two countries sharing common values.

○ Germany dispatched a medical assistance team treating approximately 300,000 patients, thereby contributing to Korea's post-war reconstruction. Various military exchange and cooperation have flourished and are on-going between the Republic of Korea and Germany. Today's office call marked the first ever military exchange between the two countries' Chiefs of Defense and is expected to deepen and expand military exchange and cooperation between the ROK JCS and the German Defence Staff.