Sheradier, a foreign affairs consultant at the Kyrgyz National Strategic Research Institute, said in an interview a few days ago that the new North-South Highway will become an important link for cooperation between countries and international trade, and will help strengthen the relationship between Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia and China. Economic and Trade Cooperation.

Sheradier said: Road connectivity is one of the goals of the Belt and Road Initiative. Road transportation corridors between Central Asian countries are being opened up, and Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan are deepening mutually beneficial cooperative relations with China.

Kyrgyzstan is a mountainous, landlocked country. From the northern capital Bishkek to the southern cities of Osh and Jalalabad is an important economic belt of the country. However, the old road connecting the north and the south is in disrepair and the traffic is not smooth.

Sharadir was interviewed in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

The total length of the new North-South Highway is 433 kilometers. The project will be carried out in three phases, of which the first and second phases will be constructed by China Road and Bridge Corporation and will be completed in 2021. Currently, the third phase of the project is under construction. After the project is completed, it will become the traffic artery connecting the north and south of Kyrgyzstan, and even an important international traffic artery in Central Asia.

Sheradier said that thanks to the Belt and Road Initiative, the trade volume between Kyrgyzstan and China has been growing in the past 10 years. The new North-South Highway is half the length of the existing Bishkek-Osh Highway, which makes it possible to halve the cost of importing goods from China and transporting goods from northern Kyrgyzstan to the south.

The construction site of the second phase of the new North-South Highway in Kyrgyzstan

Tagai Alimbayev interviewed in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Tagai Alimbayev, Supervision and Public Relations Commissioner of the Asian Development Bank Project Implementation Team of the Ministry of Transport of Kyrgyzstan, said that the construction of the new North-South Highway is an important part of the Belt and Road project. This highway will create opportunities for the construction of hydropower stations and the development of mineral deposits in remote mountainous areas, and will drive the economic and social development of the areas along the route, which is of great strategic significance to the country's development.

Cai Yu, the project manager of China Road and Bridge Corporation, said that the two viaducts in the second phase of the project span the Naryn River, the largest river in the country. The integration of new technology, new structure, new technology and new equipment is a major breakthrough in the history of road construction in Kyrgyzstan.

The construction site of the second phase of the new North-South Highway in Kyrgyzstan

A bridge in the second phase of the New North-South Highway Project in Kyrgyzstan

President Zaparov of Kyrgyzstan affirmed the quality of the road construction. When the two viaducts are completed in August 2021, he said that this is a historic day for Kyrgyzstan.

Alimbayev said that Kyrgyzstan and China are closely cooperating within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, and also plan to build other infrastructure projects, such as the China-Kyrgyzstan-Ukraine Railway. Our cooperation within the framework of the Belt and Road project has achieved concrete results, he said. These projects will contribute to the economic development of Kyrgyzstan and will create international transport corridors that will boost economic growth across Central Asia.Editor/Ma Xue