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North Korea has resumed rail freight with China after a two-year suspension by the coronavirus, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced yesterday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
Spokesman Zhao Lijian said that “after friendly consultations between the two sides” the railway between Dandong in China and Sinuiju in North Korea has reopened.<\/p>\n
“Both sides will work to facilitate normal trade between the countries by guaranteeing the prevention and safety of the disease,” Zhao said when asked by reporters about reports of a train coming from North Korea in Dandong<\/a> on the weekend.<\/p>\n The two countries had agreed in November to open their borders but reportedly gave up after discovering the increase in virus cases in Dandong.<\/p>\n The Dandong-Sinuiju Railway runs along the Yalu River and is the main trade route between China and North Korea, at a time when the latter was suffering from severe food shortages, medication and other spells from harsh US and UN economic sanctions. .<\/p>\n China is North Korea’s main supplier and accounts for 90 percent of the isolated country’s foreign trade.<\/p>\n Pyongyang, meanwhile, has closed its borders to all foreign visitors and flights, and even domestic travel has been restricted.<\/p>\n There are no official reports of coronavirus cases in North Korea but the country has rejected Western Covid-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n The Financial Times<\/em> reported in November that satellite images showed the construction of several decontamination centers at customs points, indicating that the country was preparing for reopening to imports.<\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n top channel
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