Ministers of transport of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan hold a telephone conversation
02/07/2020 13:55
Ministers of transport of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan hold a telephone conversation
02/07/2020 13:55
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 1 July 2020, a telephone conversation took place between the Minister of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan Elyor Ganiev and the Minister of Transport of the Kyrgyz Republic, Zhanat Beishenov.
During the conversation, issues related to accelerating the construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway were discussed. In particular, an agreement was reached on the feasibility of holding a next video conference (VKS) to discuss specific issues related to route selection and other technical and financial conditions for the implementation of this major project.
Over the next week, in agreement with the Chinese side, it is planned to hold the next meeting of the videoconferencing at the ministerial level in order to accelerate the resolution of practical issues on the implementation of the project.
In addition, at the beginning of the conversation, the parties discussed issues of increasing the efficiency of using the Lianyungang-Lanzhou-Kashgar-Irkeshtam-Osh-Andijan transport multimodal transport corridor, which is important for increasing mutual trade between the countries of Central Asia and the Asia-Pacific region.
At the end of the conversation, the parties agreed to ensure unhindered passage of vehicles plying the Chinese cities, countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus, transporting containers from the Chinese Irkeshtam to the Osh railway station, forming block trains for further transportation by rail.
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