Kyrgyzstan’s authorities are seeking an alternative to the railway connection from China to Uzbekistan, this is reported by the railway transport news portal, Railway Supply.

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Bishkek is considering the development of a road transport corridor through its territory as a backup plan in case the construction of the “China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan” railway doesn’t come to fruition. This information was reported by Grigory Mikhailov, the chief editor of the Telegram channel @LogiStan, citing sources in the leadership of the republic.

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“The project turns out to be expensive, complex, and slow in terms of implementation, and reaching an agreement has proven challenging. Therefore, in Kyrgyzstan, the possibility of abandoning the railway in favor of expanding road transport is being discussed as a contingency plan to ensure that giving up the railway would not be traumatic,” he explained.

According to a Central Asia specialist, there is approximately a 70% chance that the railway will still be built. Currently, active negotiations are underway, and China has the means to push forward the project’s implementation.

Source: kursiv.media

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