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Prime Minister Pahor meets Hartmut Mehdorn

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor, today met with the former Chairman of the Deutsche Bahn Management Board, Hartmut Mehdorn, with whom he discussed Mr Mehdorn's potential cooperation in the rehabilitation of the Slovenian Railways. In his statement to the press, Mr Pahor said that Mr Mehdorn is willing to cooperate, however, the final decision will be adopted after the talks with the supervisory committee, the management and the Trade Unions of the Slovenian Railways.

     

(Photo: Kristina Kosec/STA)

     

"We need a person who has experience and vision, and who is pragmatic and practical and wishes to prove his abilities," emphasised Mr Pahor. The outcome of today's meeting was the agreement that following the next meeting in May after all relevant questions have been answered, arrangements would be made for the beginning of an immediate cooperation. "We want to make the Slovenian Railways a modern operator of passenger and freight transport services and place the company in the European infrastructure; we also see it as an integral part of a large logistic centre," emphasised the Slovenian Prime Minister. Mr Hartmut Mehdorn explained that cooperation would begin by consulting the representatives of the Slovenian Railways, and be followed by the presentation of the proposals for possible solutions and operational activities. In this respect he noted that he had not come to Slovenia to make money but due to good relations and because he wants to help.