Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter |
South Korean President Yoon, adopted the Individually Tailored Partnership Program (ITPP) in talks with Jens
Stoltenberg, the NATO Secretary General while attending NATO Summit held in Vilnius, Lithuania on July 11,
2023.
The ITPP specifies 11 sectors of cooperation between Korea and NATO like dialogue and consultation, co
operation in anti-terrorism efforts, disarmament and nonproliferation, emerging technologies, cybersecurity
and public diplomacy said the foreign ministry of South Korea.
The Presidential office said, “unlike the previous IPCP that simply mentioned the areas of cooperation, the ITPP cooperation this time specifies in detail cooperation goals, the background of selecting areas for cooperation, strategic targets, detailed project content and implementation schedule to achieve cooperation."
In 2006, South Korea became the state partner of NATO, signed the Individual Partnership and Cooperation
Program (IPCP) in 2012, and now ‘ITPP’ Individually Tailored Partnership Program is the upgraded version of
this.
Lee Do Woon, the presidential spokesperson said at a news briefing in Vilnius, “President Yoon and Secretary General Stoltenberg hailed the ITPP for laying the foundation to institutionalize bilateral cooperation.
The two leaders also discussed boosting cooperation in information sharing at a groundbreaking level.
President Yoon explained to the NATO head his ideas of hosting international cyber training in Korea and
opening a related center there by saying, "I look forward to close cooperation with the NATO Cooperative
Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence."
Later, President Yoon held a series of bilateral summits with the leaders of seven NATO allied countries on
enhancing cooperation in the areas of high-tech sectors, the defense industry, infrastructure and human
exchange.
