Commencement Ceremony Held for China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway Project

The commencement ceremony of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project was held in Jalalabad, Kyrgyzstan on Friday, The Caspian Post reports citing Xinhua.

The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railroad, 486 kilometers long, will connect the following points: Kashgar-Torugart-Makmal-Jalal-Abad-Andijan. This new rail network will be of immense importance to the entire region and will provide a wider range of opportunities for the global trading system by providing reliable and safe infrastructure.

The construction originates from an agreement among China, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan, signed on June 6 of this year, to facilitate the railway project and address financing concerns. On July 26, the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway Company came into existence.

The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railroad now has a design capacity of 10-12 million tons of cargo annually.