Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in an exclusive conversation with South Korea's Yonhap news agency, published on Monday, November 2, emphasized the need to create alternative routes for international trade, pointing to the serious risks facing global energy markets and trade routes, including the Strait of Hormuz.
"The current crisis has shown once again how essential it is to develop alternative and safe routes for international trade," Erdogan said.
Referring to Ankara's plans to expand transportation and logistics networks between Asia and Europe, including the plan to revive the historic Hejaz railway, the Turkish president called for increased investment by South Korean companies in Turkey's transportation and logistics infrastructure.
He also said about the nuclear cooperation between the two countries that South Korea is one of Turkey's important potential partners in the construction project of the Sinop nuclear power plant on the shores of the Black Sea.