Islamabad: Pakistan has signed a joint letter seeking a $4.8 billion loan from international financial institutions for a mega railway project to connect Pakistan with Uzbekistan via Afghanistan and later to other Central Asian states. The joint project has already been approved by the presidents of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has signed the letter on behalf of Pakistan, Abdul Razak Dawood, adviser to the prime minister on commerce and investment, confirmed. The project will help improve regional “trade and connectivity through Afghanistan to the Central Asia Republics,” Dawood said.
Improve region trade and connectivity
The signing ceremony, held on December 29 in Islamabad, was attended by Uzbekistan’s Minister for Transport Makhkamov Ilkham and senior Pakistan government officials. During the meeting, Imran Khan affirmed Pakistan’s eagerness “to forge closer ties with Central Asia, covering trade, investments, energy, and people-to-people con
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Pakistan signs letter on trilateral railway project
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