Putin Invites South Korea to Join Shipbuilding, Space Projects
MOSCOW, November 12 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday invited South Korea to participate in the Vostochny space center project in Russia’s Far East and join shipbuilding and other ventures in the area.
In an interview with South Korea’s KBS television ahead of a visit to Seoul, Putin named “engineering, space, transport machinery and transport infrastructure” among areas where the two countries can work together.
“Now we are building a new launch site in the east of the country just for the purposes of the national economy, for civil purposes. It seems to me that the Republic of Korea could take part in this work as well,” the Russian president said.
“We want to revive the shipbuilding cluster in the Far East. We have been negotiating this for a long time with our South Korean partners. Unfortunately, various reasons have still prevented us from establishing practical work, even though it seemed to be about to start,” he continued.
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