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Russia Transfers Islands to China
Russia transferred control over half of Bolshoi Ussuriisky Island and all of Tarabarov Island to China today. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, a ceremony will be held in which representatives of the Russian and Chinese Foreign Ministries, Defense Ministries, Border services and local authorities will take part.
Russia and China reached an agreement on dividing up the disputed islands in the Amur River in 2004. The border was legally established only in July 2007, however, in a supplemental protocol describing the borderline singed the countries’ foreign ministers. That protocol comes into force today, completing the demarcation of the entire Russian-Chinese border.
Negotiations between Russia and China on disputed territories have gone on for over 40 years. The islands of Bolshoi Ussuriisky and Tarabarov, along with the small islands surrounding them, form a land mass of about 375 sq. km.
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