China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have started construction of a railway bypassing the Russian Federation

The process of building a railway that will connect China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan and bypass Russia has started. The highway will allow the delivery of goods from China through Central Asia to the countries of the European Union. This is reported by the publication Tazabek, transmits UNN.

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It is noted that at the ceremony of the start of construction of the road on December 27 in Kyrgyzstan, the country’s president Sadyr Zhaparov said that the new railway will be not only a strategic object, but also a connecting link between the West and the East.

The new China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway corridor will become a branch of the southern bridge of the Eurasian continent and will open access to the markets of West Asia and the Middle East

According to him, the project will contribute to the strengthening of regional ties and the diversification of transport routes, which will increase the competitiveness of the region as a transport transit hub.

Sadyr Zhaparov added that this route will allow goods to be delivered from China to Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia, and from there to Turkey and further to the European Union.

We will remind

Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan agreed with China on the construction of a 450-500 km long railway to Europe bypassing Russia as part of the Chinese initiative “One Belt, One Road”.