"Unfounded statement": China's Foreign Ministry responded to participation in the construction of a tunnel from the Russian Federation to Crimea

The media wrote that Chinese and Russian businessmen close to the government are discussing the possibility of building a tunnel because of the threat of the Crimean bridge to be destroyed. The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China Van Wenbin commented on the media that Beijing was interested in building a tunnel in the Crimea. About it reports "Ukrinform".

During a briefing of the MFA spokesman, the Ukrainian Winbin, a Ukrainian journalist asked to comment on the information in The Washington Post about China's interest in building a tunnel from Russia to Crimea. "This message is devoid of reason, I will not comment on it," Van Winbin said. On November 24, the American newspaper The Washington Post published an article stateing that the Russian Federation is interested in building a tunnel in the occupied Crimea.

According to journalists, Ukrainian intelligence services received copies of emails of Russians and Chinese. They discuss the construction of the tunnel because of the threat of destruction of the Crimean bridge. The authors reported that potential construction will cost billions of dollars, and the works themselves will last for years. On the Chinese side, the State Construction Company CRCC was interested. However, it is ready to participate in the project under another legal company.

Also, one of the banking institutions of the PRC is ready to transfer dollars in rubles for financing. Experts from the United States have stated that if the information is really true, construction work will be an easy goal for Ukrainian attacks. We will remind, on October 27 in the Armed Forces stated that there is a concept on the Crimean bridge, which should produce an illegal structure.