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Russia soon to begin to build road bridge to North Korea
Season 1, Ep. 7210
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Russia and North Korea will soon begin the construction of a road bridge between the two countries, Moscow’s ambassador to Pyongyang said on Thursday.
“I hope that soon we will witness the ceremonial start of construction of this, without exaggeration, the most significant and important, from a practical point of view, object of bilateral cooperation in all the recent decades,” Aleksandr Matsegora told the Russian state news agency RIA in an interview.
Noting that the construction of the bridge has not yet begun, Matsegora said that both sides are currently carrying out preparatory work, as well as finalizing the design documentation and forming construction teams and columns of equipment.
“However, we do not have long to wait,” Matsegora said, expressing that there are many other “promising” bilateral projects between the two countries, which he said they will be able to talk about soon.
Moscow and Pyongyang signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement in June 2024 amid Russian President Vladimir Putin's first visit to North Korea in 24 years.
An agreement was also signed on the construction of the motorway bridge.
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