The first road bridge has opened on the Amur River, which runs along the border between Russia and China.
Russia, which is subject to severe sanctions from Western countries over its military invasion of Ukraine, seems to have the aim of further strengthening its cooperation with China.
The road bridge was opened over a kilometer over the Amur River, which runs between Amur Oblast in the Russian Far East and Heilongjiang Province in northeastern China.
The opening ceremony was held on the 10th, and Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev, who participated online, said, "The bridge between Russia and China has a symbolic meaning in the present divided world, and it will be a thread of friendship that connects the people of both countries. It will be. "
China's Deputy Prime Minister Hu Chunhua said, "With the opening of this bridge, we would like to take the cooperation between northeastern China and the Russian Far East to a new level."
The bridge was completed in 2016 by both Russia and China, but its opening was postponed due to the spread of the new coronavirus.
Russia and China border over 4,000 kilometers, and this is the first time that a road bridge has opened on the Amur River, which runs about half of it.
As Russia receives severe sanctions from Western countries over the military invasion of Ukraine, it seems that Russia wants to further strengthen its cooperation with China.