This document was submitted by the Ministry of Transport.
A transport bridge across the Kerch Strait will create a new option for the international transport corridor to carry out cargo and passenger shipments between member countries of the Organisation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation. The transport bridge will reduce the distance between the Southern Federal District of Russia, the Black Sea and Right-bank districts of Ukraine, as well as between the states of the South Caucasus, Central Asia, and Southeastern Europe by 150-500 kilometres.
An agreement to improve transport in the area was developed jointly by the Russian Ministry of Transport and the Ukrainian side.
The implementation of the agreement will contribute to:
- the creation of more favourable conditions for mutual exchanges and trade and economic relations between Russia and Ukraine;
- the development of reliable and stable year-round transport;
- the conservation and development of traditional ethnic, personal, cultural, humanitarian, and economic relations between the citizens of the Russian Federation and Ukraine.