SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- South Korea and France will hold talks on Wednesday to seek cooperation in defense industry, South Korea Defense Ministry said Monday.

    According to South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), Kim Jong-min, South Korea's deputy chief of DAPA, and Jacques De Lajugie, director of international development at France's General Delegation for Ordnance, known as DGA, will hold talks in Paris.

    "During his visit to France, Kim will also call on the head of DGA to discuss ways to improve the countries' cooperative relationship and to request the simplification of France's export authorization process, which will allow the export of our defense goods made with French technology to third parties," DAPA said in a press release.

    South Korea is currently developing a new utility helicopter with the support of France's EuroCopter and hopes to export some 300 units of the new helicopter between 2015 and 2025, South Korea' s Yonhap News Agency said.