Yoon, Mirziyoyev agree on S. Korea's 1st export of bullet trains to Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
President Yoon Suk Yeol and his Uzbek counterpart, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, held a summit Friday to bolster their "special strategic partnership" in fields not limited to infrastructure and mineral resources.
In the presence of the two leaders at the Kuksaroy Presidential Palace in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, South Korea's Hyundai Rotem and state-owned Uzbekistan Railways signed a 270 billion won ($195.7 million) agreement to export six Korean-designed high-speed trains. Each of these trains consists of seven cars and has a maximum speed of 250 kilometres per hour.
According to the presidential office, the deal marks Korea's first deal to export a homegrown bullet train, 20 years after introducing the high-speed train, the fifth in the world.
Yoon is currently on a state visit to Uzbekistan, the final leg of his trip to three Central Asia countries. He and his wife Kim Keon Hee were previously in Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.
According to the presidential office, the deal marks Korea's first deal to export a homegrown bullet train, 20 years after introducing the high-speed train, the fifth in the world.
Yoon is currently on a state visit to Uzbekistan, the final leg of his trip to three Central Asia countries. He and his wife Kim Keon Hee were previously in Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.
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