ISLAMABAD: The route of the trilateral railway track Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (UAP) project has been finalized and its joint protocol will be inked on Tuesday (tomorrow).
The finalization of the route was done during a top-level meeting between the officials of Pakistan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan.
The main purpose of the UAP project was to build a missing rail link by connecting the Central Asian country Uzbekistan’s railways with Pakistan railways through Termiz- Mazar e Sharif-Logar- Kharlachi route.
UAP Railway Track’s Benefits
The project would not only facilitate the regional, bilateral, and transit trade amongst the participating nations but also provide better people-to-people contact to the whole region.
The link would support both freight and passenger services and would contribute in regional trade and economic development.
All sides also agreed on a roadmap for carrying out technical studies, financing sources and other important aspects for early implementation of the project.
They lauded the professional work of the experts of the 3 railways in securing consensus on the final route and its implementation modalities.
