China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway: Special commission starts work in KR

11:31, 20 августа 2024, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Gulmira MAKANBAI KYZY

Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Bakyt Torobaev held the first meeting of an interdepartmental commission for the implementation of China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway construction project. The press service of the Cabinet of Ministers reported.

The meeting participants considered the investment agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers and China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway Company LLC.

The interdepartmental commission was reportedly formed to develop the railway network of Kyrgyzstan and fulfill the transit potential of railway transport and the project on construction of a new railway.

Following the meeting, the relevant ministries, committees, administrative departments, local governments, state enterprises and organizations were instructed to promptly and efficiently resolve issues arising during the work of the interdepartmental commission.

The Cabinet of Ministers drew attention to the phased implementation of the international railway project and recalled that in June the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic «On the Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the People’s Republic of China, the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Government of Uzbekistan on Cooperation in Joint Promotion of China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway Project, signed in Beijing on June 6, 2024» was adopted.