Naming the bridge after Soviet officer Yakov Novichenko, who threw himself on a grenade thrown at DPRK founding leader Kim Il Sung in 1946, was a deliberate and deeply symbolic choice.
At the bridge’s opening ceremony.
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Mishustin hailed bilateral relations as being at an “unprecedentedly high level of comprehensive strategic partnership,” adding that the bridge, which cost 9 billion rubles ($104 million), would boost trade and tourism.
I am convinced that the expansion of cross-border transport infrastructure will provide a powerful impetus for the further development of trade, economic, scientific, technological and cultural cooperation.
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