BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 20. Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have established an office for the coordination of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway construction project, Trend reports via the press service of Uzbekistan Temir Yullari JSC.
According to the source, representatives of the Uzbek Ministry of Transport and Uzbekistan Temir Yullari JSC (Uzbekistan Railways) as well as members of Kyrgyz Temir Zholu (Kyrgyzstan Railways) took part in the opening ceremony.
The idea of creating a joint office was implemented in order to coordinate joint measures to accelerate the practical implementation of the project.
An agreement on the construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railroad (section on the territory of Kyrgyzstan) was signed on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Samarkand on September 14, 2022. The deadline for completion of all work on the feasibility study (including the time of the assessment) is no later than June 1, 2023.
The total length of the railway will be 523 kilometers long, with 213 kilometers in China, 260 kilometers in Kyrgyzstan comprising nearly 90 tunnels, and then 50 kilometers in Uzbekistan. The railway will ensure the development of the transport infrastructure of the Central Asian countries, provide them with convenient access to the ports of the Persian Gulf and the Pacific Ocean, and stimulate the development and use of natural resources of the countries of the region.