Countries need to achieve compromise regarding gauge width of China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway – Kyrgyz Transport Minister
2012 05 28
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The sides need to achieve compromise concerning the gauge width of China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway, Kyrgyzstan's Minister of Transport and Communications Kalykbek Sultanov told Tazabek after the meeting of the special working group held in China in early May discussing this railway construction project.
The outcomes of the 3 previous meetings of the special working group and previously carried out work were summed up at the last meeting and the sides reached the consensus concerning several important issues, the Transport Minister said.
“As you know China proposes 1,435 mm gauge for construction of the Chinese and Kyrgyz sections of the railway. This proposal takes into account the prospective plans of construction of the trans-Asian railway from China to Iran through Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan with 1,435 mm gauge width. We insist on use of our technical standards – 1,520 mm. Kyrgyzstan is in the 1,520 space comprising CIS countries and Baltic states, Mongolia and is bound with several international agreements,” the Minister explained.
Central Asian News Service, en.ca-news.org
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