Anti-avalanche galleries to appear on Bishkek-Osh road at cost of Japan grant

15:50, 30 марта 2017, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Tatyana KUDRYAVTSEVA

Additional anti-avalanche galleries will be built on Bishkek-Osh road at the expense of a grant from . Embassy of  in  reported.

It is noted that the ceremony of signing exchange notes between the Foreign Affairs Ministers Fumio Kishida and Erlan Abdyldaev on two projects took place today in .

A grant of $ 38.6 million is being allocated to Kyrgyzstan for the first project. It will be spent on building of anti-avalanche galleries on the 246th kilometer of Bishkek-Osh road.

The second grant of $ 3.9 million will be spent on equipment and tools for servicing road maintenance equipment for six road-operating enterprises of .

Recall, a joint statement adopted during the visit of 's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Bishkek in October 2015, gives priority to the development of 's transport infrastructure and the strengthening of internal and external communication of the region.