Russia eyes to participate in creation of the railway China – Kyrgyzstan – Uzbekistan

Russia is interested in participating in construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway.

This was announced by the Deputy PM of the Kyrgyz Republic Jenish Razakov during a meeting of the Russian-Kyrgyz intergovernmental commission on trade-economic, scientific-technical and humanitarian cooperation.

“There is interest, the expert group and specialists of the Russian Ministry of Transport are studying this issue,” RIA Novosti quotes from him.

According to Razakov, the question of Russia's participation in the project is being considered at suggestion of the Kyrgyz side.

The project of building a railway extension, which will connect China with the republics of Central Asia, has been under discussion for almost 20 years. Several route options were considered, in particular, from China through Kyrgyzstan to Uzbekistan and further to Turkmenistan, Iran with access to the seaports of these countries.