Indian and South Korean governments have decided to enhance cooperation in defence technology and promote industries working in this field.

India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to Jeong Kyeong-Doo, Minister of National Defence, Republic of Korea, over phone on Friday.

During the conversation, the ministers reviewed the progress on various bilateral defence cooperation initiatives and expressed commitment to further promote defence cooperation engagements between the two armed forces.

"It was also agreed to take forward the agreements in the field of defence industry and defence technology cooperation between the two countries," said the Defence Ministry.

The ministry said that views on regional development of mutual security interests were also shared during the talks. (IANS)