Posted on 11/12/2013 6:01:30 PM PST by TexGrill
Russian President Vladimir Putin was in South Korea on Wednesday to push a pet project for a new major trading route linking Asia and Europe by rail that requires prying open North Korea. SEOUL: Russian President Vladimir Putin was in South Korea on Wednesday to push a pet project for a new major trading route linking Asia and Europe by rail that requires prying open North Korea.
Putin hopes his brief visit will include the signing of a memorandum of understanding on the ambitious project, which envisages an "Iron Silk Road" uniting the rail networks of South and North Korea and connecting them to Europe via the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Russia took a first step in September, when it completed a 54-kilometre (33-mile) track from its southeast border town of Khasan to the North Korean port of Rajin.
Located in the far northeast, where the borders of North Korea, Russia and China converge, Rajin offers a warm-water port for the North's two giant neighbours.
Putin's desire is to see the rail link extended through North Korea, across the world's last Cold War frontier, and all the way down to the southern South Korean port of Busan.
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Pushing for markets for their gas and oil ?
There is no chance any party to this agreement would go back on their word. /sarc
No way.
If this was allowed many people in N. Korea would realize the rest of the world is so much better than N. Korea they would reject their leadership.
It aint gonna happen.
North Koreans will either eat the railroad, or, kidnap those on the train to ransom for food
Putin has stones...but this is a bad idea
Lol, N. Korea isn’t worthy of any outside financial aide or projects.
Go ahead Putin, see how that works out for you.
U must B joking.
You must be trolling.
I don’t think it has something to do with North Korea. An idea is to link South Korea to Russia and Europe via railroad. It is a much faster way to move goods than boat and not too much expensive, too.
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