South Korea signs deal to supply tanks, armored vehicles to Peru
SEOUL, Dec 10 (Reuters) – South Korea has signed a deal to supply military equipment to the Peruvian army, South Korea’s presidential office said on Wednesday.
Under the framework agreement between the two governments, Peru plans to procure a total of 195 units, 54 K2 tanks and 141 wheeled armored vehicles, in cooperation with a South Korean defence firm and Peru’s state-owned defence company, the office said in a statement.
The statement did not specify the contract’s value, but said the scale of the ground-equipment exports covered by the agreement is the largest ever for South Korean defence exports to Latin America.
“If the implementation contract is successfully completed, it would mark the K2 tank’s first entry into the Latin American market after its expansion into Europe,” it added.
In August, Poland signed a second multi-billion-dollar deal with South Korean industrial and defence group Hyundai Rotem for the supply of K2 tanks.
The agreement to buy 180 tanks came after months of negotiations and is Poland’s second major deal with the South Korean company, having in 2022 agreed the purchase of a first batch of 180 K2 tanks.
(Reporting by Heekyong Yang, Editing by William Maclean)
