China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan freight transport system tested

A launch ceremony for the test run of an international land freight transport road system connecting China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan was staged in Tashkent on Oct. 30.

Cheng Ping, chief security inspector of the Ministry of Transport of China, Ganiev Elyor, minister of foreign trade of Uzbekistan, and Zhamshitbek Kalilov, minister of transport and roads of Kyrgyzstan, attended the ceremony.

Ganiev Elyor outlined in his speech that the test run is an important measure to build on the consensus of the three countries’ leaders, and is a milestone in the promotion of the three countries’ transport and logistics cooperation and the interconnectivity of their infrastructure facilities. The test run is of vital importance in the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative as it develops neighborly friendships, exploring each other’s cooperative potential and brings benefits to local inhabitants.

The three countries are good neighbors and important partners and the starting of the test run of the international logistics system will expand the economic and trade cooperation among the three countries, and help to form a new pattern of regional economic development, according to Cheng Ping.

The starting point of the land freight transport road system is Tashkent and the end point is Kashgar of China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, passing through Kyrgyzstan in between.

The road has a total length of about 900 kilometers, among which 390 km is in Uzbekistan, 260 km in Kyrgyzstan and 250 km in China.