The Minister of Transport and Communications of Kyrgyzstan Absattar Syrgabaev met with the US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Kyrgyzstan Lesslie Viguerie.
Absattar Syrgabaev noted that the republic pays special attention to the modernization of important transport arteries, construction of new alternative routes, development of multimodal transport corridors, and creation of favorable conditions for the transportation of goods and passengers.
He invited the United States to participate in investing in the project to build Balykchy-Kochkor-Karakol railway.
Lesslie Viguerie noted that the interest of American companies in the implementation of transport projects in the Kyrgyz Republic has been growing since 2023. He said that the US Embassy is negotiating with the US Export-Import Bank and the private bank Citibank on financing the project on construction of this railway line.
The Ambassador also recalled that the United States is the largest investor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, noting that the EBRD is considering the possibility of financing the project «Reconstruction of the northern bypass road of Bishkek and settlements in Chui region.»
