First Chinese Train Arrives to Russia as Part of New Silk Road
21:28 06.02.2016(updated 21:50 06.02.2016) Get short URL
The very first
freight train arrived to Russia’s Kaluga Region from China as part of the
Beijing-led New Silk Road infrastructural project, according to the official
website of the Kaluga Region.
The Chinese-led $900-billion New Silk Road infrastructural
project is supposed to connect East Asia, the Middle East, Europe and even
Africa.
Russia would also play a major part in the
construction of the future major project. The train that arrived
from China to the Kaluga Region is a test drive of a large scale
trade volume of between the two countries.
"On
February 5, the first freight train arrived to the Kaluga Region
under the framework of the international project New Silk Road,"
the official
statement said.
© AFP 2016/ WANG ZHAO
The cargo train was mostly fit with components
for the Samsung company, based in the city of Kaluga.
Russian Deputy Transport Minister Alexei Tsydenov,
Kaluga Region Governor Anatoly Artamonov and two top Chinese Samsung
representatives were present during the official meeting ceremony.
Last year, China and Russia signed the "Joint
Declaration on the Silk Road Economic Belt construction and the Eurasian
Economic Union docking cooperation". The declaration confirmed that Russia
supports the Silk Road Economic Belt project construction and is willing
to cooperate closely with China to push the declaration.
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