Russia and China mutually recognize the driver’s license

Countries are working on this, TASS reports with reference to the head of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation Andrei Nikitin, but there are no specific deadlines yet. If Russian rights recognize in China and vice versa, citizens in cars will be able to freely make individual trips across the border.

The fact that Russian driver’s license can begin to act in China is not said for the first time. The work in this direction was reported in the spring. Then the Federation Council noted that residents of the Amur Region, for example, would like to travel to the city of Heihe in China on their cars along the bridge from Blagoveshchensk. The flow of cars at a local checkpoint increased almost 2.5 times from 2023 to 2024.

The current message that the issue is still on the agenda followed the announcement of the Chinese authorities about the visa -free regime for Russians. It is promised to introduce it from September 15: residents of the Russian Federation with a conventional passport will be able to enter the PRC for up to 30 days.

The Russian owners called the main problems of their Chinese cars, trucks of four marks from China were recognized as dangerous. Sales are prohibited in Russia will appear another Chinese auto -brand

Russian President Vladimir Putin later said that Moscow would answer mirroring China’s decision.

Meanwhile, after a noticeable reduction, the volume of exports of Chinese cars to Russia again went in growth. So, in July, 621.2 million dollars were imported in the Russian Federation. This is 45.1 percent more than in June, wrote Interfax with reference to the data of the Chief Customs Administration of the PRC. The supply of trucks and spare parts is also increased.

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