[Graphic News] Seoul, Beijing to collaborate on vision of transcontinental networks
By Korea HeraldPublished : Nov. 1, 2015 - 18:21
Citing similarities between Seoul’s “Eurasia Initiative” and Beijing’s “Belt and Road Initiative,” the two sides said they would collaborate in a wide range of fields including policy formulation, infrastructure connectivity, investments and trade promotion, and financial cooperation.
The agreement was signed between Finance Minister Choi Kyung-hwan and Xu Shaoshi, head of China’s National Development and Reform Commission after South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang called for joint efforts to synergize and integrate the two initiatives during a summit at Cheong Wa Dae.
The Eurasia Initiative is Park’s centerpiece foreign policy that envisions a transcontinental railway linking South Korea and Europe, through North Korea.
The Belt and Road Initiative, proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, is a trade and infrastructure network that includes the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.
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