South Korea and Japan will hold a biennial joint naval exercise this weekend to promote military exchanges and friendship, the Navy here said Monday. The Navy and Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force will hold their seventh annual Search and Rescue Exercise, or SAREX, this Saturday and Sunday. The exercise will be held off the east coast of Busan, some 450 kilometers southeast of Seoul. The first SAREX was held in 1999.
"The exercise is designed to develop the joint response between the Navy and the Self-Maritime Defense Force to maritime incidents," the Navy said in a statement. "This exercise also helps bolster bilateral cooperation and is held in a peaceful and humanitarian manner."
"The exercise is designed to develop the joint response between the Navy and the Self-Maritime Defense Force to maritime incidents," the Navy said in a statement. "This exercise also helps bolster bilateral cooperation and is held in a peaceful and humanitarian manner."
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