15.12.23
The issue of launching a pilot container train on the Iran-Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan route is being considered, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov said in his address to the country's People's Kurultai (Assembly) on 15 December.
Zhaparov mentioned the continuation of a pilot project aiming to transit freight containers by railways from China to Afghanistan via Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Additionally, he highlighted the consideration of launching a pilot container train along an Iran-Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan route.
The president emphasized that these initiatives and ongoing projects would enable Kyrgyzstan to elevate its transportation and logistics connectivity with the rest of the world.
Construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway will begin in the near future, Zhaparov said. "The issue of launching a pilot container train Iran-Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan is also under consideration".
"I am confident that the above initiatives and ongoing projects will allow Kyrgyzstan to reach a new level of transport and logistics communication with the outside world", stated the head of the Kyrgyzstan.
