The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan highway will open to traffic on Feb. 25, according to Uzbek media reports.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said Friday that China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan successfully carried out a trial operation of the International Road Transport of Goods along the route Tashkent-Andijan-Osh-Irkeshtam-Kashgar from October 30 to November 1, 2017. based on that, the three parties plan to officially put the International Road Transport of Goods into operation within this month and are stepping up efforts to achieve that.
The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan highway is an important connectivity project for this region. China would like to take this opportunity to enhance its transportation cooperation with Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan so that the Belt and Road Initiative would deliver more tangible benefits, Geng said.
