24-03-2025, 03:54 AM
Der Globus
International affairs, politics and economics.
Dorvik announces ONEC, high-speed rail cooperation with Egelion.
February, 5629
Dorvish State Chancellor Magnus Tausche announced that he would be forming the Organization of Northern Economic Cooperation (ONEC) focusing on the development of deeper trade and economic ties between nations in the northern hemisphere. The organization, which will be based out of Haldor temporarily, will seek to expand to nations that Dorvik considers to be "natural allies" and noted that the Foreign Office had reached out to the governments in Egelion, and Dolgava with the potential to expanding to Hutori should the new government in Benekial be friendly to Haldor again. The State Chancellor did not rule out expansion to others in the future but noted that the Dorvish have economic and cooperative trade agreements with both Egelion and Dolgava, making them natural to the first to join the new organization. The inaugural meeting will take place in Haldor, Greater Kordusia in July, 5629 to discuss the direction of the organization and its future.
The announcement comes at a time when the Dorvish government announced a new high-speed rail cooperative agreement with Egelion. The Dorvish, which have struggled to adopt high-speed rail outside of Haldor and its surrounding areas, have announced that they would be cooperating with the government in Egelion as well as their national rail carrier to develop programs aiming to expand high-speed rail across their respective countries. The Dorvish have long been producers of high-speed rail infrastructure and equipment but the governments past and present have made no formal moves to adopt it widescale across the country. Haldor and Vilnau to the east are connected via high-speed rail and within the past century the Dorvish have expanded high-speed rail to Schrudehofen and Kordaw to the north, largely due to their expansive ports. The cooperative agreement will take place over the course of the coming years and will focus on the exchange of ideas, organizational management as well as research and development with the Dorvish looking to provide the bulk of the "hard infrastructure" while working with Egelion to develop manufacturing within the country itself.
Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Hermann Schmadel is expected to meet with his Egelian counter-part to head the cooperative agreement.