Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have agreed with China to build a railway to Europe that will bypass Russia. This is reported by the Moscow time, reports UNN.
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Beijing, Bishkek and Tashkent discussed the project for 27 years, and signed the agreement on June 6 in Beijing. Construction is scheduled to begin in October this year. The 450-500 km long railway will be part of China's One Belt, One Road global initiative.
Experts note that the annual volume of cargo transportation will reach 15 million tons, and the delivery time of goods to end users will be reduced by 7 days
The road will run from Kashgar in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China through Torugart, Makmal and Jalal Abad in Kyrgyzstan to Andijan in Uzbekistan. Then the highway will connect with roads from other Central Asian countries, from where cargo will go to the Caspian Sea, Turkey and Europe.