Countries participating in China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway construction project continue negotiations

Bishkek, May 12, 2021. / Kabar /. The countries participating in the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway construction project continue negotiations on the gauge standard, the location of the transshipment station and the determination of the route for the railway through the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Ministry of Transport of Kyrgyzstan reported. The ministry noted that the transit potential of Kyrgyzstan is underdeveloped due to the lack of an integrated railway system of international railway communication through the territory of the country. Therefore, within the framework of the One Belt, One Road project, it is planned to build a China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway. “We will accelerate the implementation of this project,” the President of the Kyrgyz Republic said in his address to the people of Kyrgyzstan on May 5, 2021. The project for the construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway is one of the important projects in the field of construction and infrastructure. The new railway corridor will become the southern branch of the Eurasian continental bridge and opens access to the markets of Southeast, West Asia and the Middle East. This route will be able to ensure the delivery of goods from China to Kyrgyzstan, as well as to the countries of the Middle East, including Turkey and further to the European Union. The project will increase competitiveness in the international transit transport market by reducing the distance and time of delivery of goods. The implementation of this project will have an overall positive socio-economic effect in the development of the economy of Kyrgyzstan and will significantly contribute to the expansion of the provided transport services to the population, the development and improvement of transport infrastructure, the report said.