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however, did not affect the sides' general commitment to forge a mutually acceptable, co-
herent solution.
TODAY, the Russian-Chinese border is perceived as not so much a dividing line as mainly
a peaceful good-neighborly line that connects the two states. Multifaceted cross-border
cooperation is on the rise. Military confidence-building measures in the border area are
being meticulously implemented. The unprecedented flooding in the Amur in 2013 did
not cause any border incidents. The devastating natural disaster showed that the border
rivers are our common asset and our common problems. It is hard to avoid the conclusion:
These rivers require joint careful monitoring, an expansion in the field of information ex-
changes, and the establishment of even closer coordination in the activity of various de-
partments and services in both countries both in preventing and neutralizing the effects
of emergency situations and in the implementation of shore protection and water use pro-
grams.
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