A detailed railway route between China,
Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan will be ready by next April, correspondent of
Sputnik reports.
“Today, a tripartite meeting of
delegations of countries on this project was held in Tashkent. Heads of
the delegations took serious practical decisions aimed at its
implementation, and the deadlines were set. The next meeting will be
held in April. The sides will form the railway route until that time”, —
said Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz
Republic to Uzbekistan Daniyar Sydykov.
As he noted, the sides also agreed on
development of the concept on technical and economic feasibility of the
project in August, and by the end of the year – on addressing all
financial issues.
It should be noted that the new railway
would provide an opportunity to transport goods from China through
Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to the countries of Eastern Europe and the
Middle East. It will become one of the shortest routes for the transport
of Chinese goods to the EU.
According to the preliminary parameters
of the project, the reduction of the route from Eastern Asia to the
countries of the Middle East and Southern Europe will be about 900
kilometers, and the terms will decrease by 7-8 days.
