Russian Presidential Aide Discusses Strategic Transport Routes with China

In particular, the two sides discussed the Trans-Polar Corridor.

Beijing, October 12. /TASS/. According to the international service of Ambassador Arjan Va Sima, quoted by Reuters, the press office of the Russian Marine Corps announced that Nikolai Patrushev, the assistant to the President of Russia and the head of the Russian Marine Corps, had a conversation with Liu Wei, the Minister of Transport of China, during his business trip to China.

The press service announced: "The issues of cooperation between Russia and China in the field of water transport were widely discussed during the talks. The prospect of deepening cooperation in the development of strategic transport routes was emphasized."

According to the press service, the parties discussed the Transpolar Corridor during the meeting.

The Maritime Board announced: Interaction in the implementation of the Trans-Arctic Transportation Corridor project, the issues of creating transportation on the North Sea route by Chinese companies, the development of bilateral river routes, and the further increase of maritime cargo transportation by the logistics operators of the two countries were paid attention to.

In this meeting, the importance of joint efforts to ensure the sovereignty of Russian and Chinese transport was emphasized.