Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Turkey, in an interview with South Korea’s Yonhap news agency, while referring to the risks facing the global energy market and trade routes, including the Strait of Hormuz, emphasized the need to create alternative and reliable routes for international trade.

In the interview, published on Monday, 11 Aban, Erdoğan said: “The current crisis once again showed how vital the development of alternative and reliable routes for international trade is.”

He added that Turkey is expanding transport links between Asia and Europe, including the review of reviving the historic Hejaz Railway, and he asked South Korean companies to invest more in this country’s transport and logistics infrastructure projects.