Construction of Chui-Fergana railway is possibility to enter Common Economic Space as equitable partner – expert
2012 04 20
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The construction of Chui-Fergana raliway is possibility to enter the Common Economic Space as an equitable partner, Kubatbek Rahimov, expert on Central Asian infrastructure projects, told a press conference in AKIpress news agency today while talking about this route of the railway as an alternative to construction of China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway.
“Construction of China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway is currently discussed in Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan should shape its strategy at first. The railway should link densely populated areas of Chui and Fergana regions, that is the north and the south of the country. Construction of Chui-Fergana railway would allow to do this. It would become the critical element of the continental mega-project – construction of India-Siberia railway, which would link Russia's Urals, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan with Pakistan and India,” the expert said.
Construction of this railway would enable Kyrgyzstan to hold talks with Russia concerning its debt transformation and would produce multiplicative effect in the agrarian sector, according to Kubatbek Rahimov.
The alternative project does not envisage the resources in exchange for investments scheme and as such deserves more attention, Rahimov added.
“Opening of the Chui-Fergana route will bring the country out of transport blockade. This railway construction will be more expensive over its length of 500 km. But the railway is built for development of the territories, not in exchange for or rent of resources. Presence of infrastructure will automatically increase costs of deposits. Investors not only from China, but also other countries will be able to reach new markets of raw materials and to build processing plants,” he said.
This would provide an equitable access for investors to the railway construction project, he added. “This railway will run alongside power transmission lines. We are imposed not electrified railway from China. We need to build the electrified railway to avoid unnecessary costs,” Rahimov concluded.
Central Asian News Service, en.ca-news.org
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