According to the Serbian "B92" website reported on the 15th, the Belgrade Ring Road B5 project undertaken by China Power Construction Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "China Power Construction") held a opening ceremony on the same day, and the official opening of the traffic was ushered in at 18:00 in the afternoon.
Serbian President Vucic, who attended the ceremony, quoted a Chinese proverb in his speech saying that the country is strengthening the country's infrastructure construction with the strong support of China and other countries. "There is a saying in China that 'if you want to be rich, build roads first', which is also the development concept of Serbia in recent years."
Vucic attended the opening ceremony Picture from the WeChat public account of the "Chinese Embassy in Serbia"
Serbia Belgrade Ring Road Section B project is located in the southern suburbs of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, is a ring road connecting serbian highway E70/E75, with a total length of 20.34 km, divided into three lots, with a design speed of 120 km / h, and is built by China Power Construction.
The B5 lot is 3.1 kilometers long, including 3 bridges and 1 tunnel. Lot B4 was handed over and opened to traffic in April 2021. The B6 lot will build a new highway with a total length of 9.6 kilometers, including 16 bridges and 1 tunnel.
Tian Yishu, chargé d'affaires ad interim of the Chinese Embassy in Cyprus, congratulated the opening of the B5 lot and said that he was very happy to see that Chinese enterprises had overcome the current unfavorable conditions and done their best to complete the project construction with high quality, which fully demonstrated that improving the well-being of the two peoples is the fundamental goal of China-Cyprus cooperation. He thanked the Cypriot side for its trust in Chinese enterprises and Chinese technology, and believed that with the joint efforts of all parties, the Belgrade Ring Road will be opened to traffic at an early date.
Ring Road B5 lot screenshot from Vučić's official Instagram
According to the "B92" website reported on the 15th, Serbian President Vucic attended the opening ceremony and announced that the road section was officially opened to traffic at 18:00 on the same day.
"There is a saying in China that goes: 'If you want to be rich, build roads first', which is also the development concept of Serbia in recent years." At the beginning of the speech, Vucic quoted Chinese proverbs as saying that Serbia is strengthening the construction of national infrastructure with the strong support of China and other countries, "We have concentrated on building a number of highways and railways, laying a solid foundation for economic growth against the trend, and showing Serbia's beautiful vision of speeding towards the future." ”
Vucic thanked the representatives of Chinese builders
Standing in front of the upcoming Strajevica Tunnel, Vucic praised it as the most modern tunnel at present and looked forward to the early opening of the B6 section of the project next year. He said that this is not only an important project for the city of Belgrade, but also of great significance to Serbia.
Vucic mentioned that infrastructure investment plays a key role in the economic development of every economy, including Serbia. He said: "I would like to quote Mr. Tian Yishu, chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Chinese Embassy in Cyprus, that Despite the current difficult period, Serbia continues to develop and advance," "The mainland's GDP growth rate in the first quarter was 4.4 percent, and the preliminary GDP growth rate in the second quarter was 3.7 percent." Serbia's development is very rapid and dynamic, thanks to all the builders and those who have a clear vision for the progress of the country. We cannot have such a rate of economic growth without the construction of new roads, railways and airports. ”
After the ceremony, Vucic uploaded a video introducing the project on his personal social media, euphoria saying "Welcome to a better future": Serbia is building to open up new paths. I am proud of our Serbia!
After the official opening of the B4 lot earlier, Vucic highly praised the Chinese builders for overcoming the impact of the epidemic to achieve the opening of the traffic as scheduled, and said that the construction of the Belgrade Ring Road Project is of great significance to Serbia, and the construction of the project will drive the local economic development, alleviate the existing road traffic congestion in the local area, benefit about 100,000 people, promote the country's economic development, facilitate residents' travel, improve urban air quality, and help green development. He pointed out that this is not only a road of friendship between the Chinese and Cypriot people, but also a road of mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation between China and Cyprus.
However, the friendly cooperation between China and Serbia was arbitrarily discussed by the US ambassador to Serbia. In this regard, Tian Yishu, chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Embassy in Cyprus, refuted in an exclusive interview with the Serbian "Political Daily" on the 12th that the people of all countries have the right to choose their own development path, that china's cooperation with the Cypriot side is based on mutual respect and mutual benefit and win-win results, that the Sino-Cypriot cooperation project has brought well-being to the Cypriot people, and that a small number of people with ulterior motives have repeatedly pieced together untruthful words, slandered and smeared Sino-Serbian cooperation, and tried to undermine Sino-Serbian cooperation and Cypriot national development. Sino-Cypriot cooperation conforms to the wishes of the two peoples, and it is believed that such an attempt will not succeed.
Tian Yishu said that China's cooperation with other countries in the world has never attached any political conditions and has never done anything to impose on others. Under the Belt and Road Initiative, China and all parties have steadily promoted cooperation in various fields based on the principle of consultation, co-construction and sharing, and made positive contributions to helping developing countries build infrastructure and promote common global development. Despite the impact of the epidemic and other factors, the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" has maintained a good momentum and provided a strong impetus for the economic recovery of various countries.
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