Prime Minister Akylbek Zhaparov took part in the opening of the “China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway Company” LLC in Bishkek, the government reported.

“We highly appreciate this project and call it the construction of the century. It will bring economic interaction between China and Central Asian countries to a qualitatively new level,” he emphasized.

China will allocate a $2.35 billion loan for the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railroad project.