Railway Corporation Director Kim Sang-gyun Rolls Up Sleeves for Turkey High-Speed Rail Contract Bid

On the 28th, Kim Sang-gyun, President of the Korea Rail Network Authority, held a video conference with Yalcin Eyigun, President of the Infrastructure Investment Authority, the client for the Turkish high-speed rail project, to secure the contract. Photo by Korea Rail Network Authority

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Kim Sang-gyun, President of Korea Rail Network Authority, rolled up his sleeves to secure the high-speed rail project in Turkey.

On the 28th, the Rail Network Authority announced that President Kim held a video conference with Yalcin Eyigun, Director of the Infrastructure Investment Department, the client for the Halkali~Gebze high-speed rail project in Turkey, to discuss cooperation plans for the project.

The video conference was arranged to support domestic private companies struggling to explore overseas markets due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and to lay the groundwork for winning the Turkish high-speed rail project.

During the video conference, President Kim expressed Korea's willingness to participate in the Halkali~Gebze high-speed rail project in Turkey and explained the preparations that have been diligently carried out so far, requesting support from the Infrastructure Investment Department for the Korean side.

In response, Director Yalcin Eyigun expressed gratitude for Korea's active willingness to participate in the project and reportedly pledged to actively support close cooperation between the two countries in the railway sector.

Earlier, when the local high-speed rail bidding activities in Turkey, scheduled for March, were postponed due to the spread of COVID-19, President Kim sent an official diplomatic letter to the Director of the Infrastructure Investment Department to convey his commitment to cooperation on the high-speed rail project.

The video conference was also held as a follow-up to the sending of the diplomatic letter.

President Kim said, "Considering the situation where local business trips are being postponed due to COVID-19, we conducted bidding support activities through a video conference," adding, "Based on the domestic high-speed rail construction technology and know-how accumulated so far, the Rail Network Authority will secure the local high-speed rail project in Turkey and support the overseas expansion of our companies."

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