Eighth Meeting of the WG on the AH Uzbekistan Highway Development as part of Asian Highway Map of highways of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan is 32nd in the world by the length of public roads. 183,000 km. Annually, investments of about 1% of the country's GDP are attracted to road construction. Route from Uzbekistan to China through Kyrgyzstan In r e c e n t y e a r s , t h e G o v e r n m e n t has p a i d g r e a t a t t e n t i o n to t h e interconnectedness of U z b e k h i g h w a y s in t h e s y s t e m of A s i a n h i g h w a y s . To g e t h e r w i t h t h e m i n i s t r i e s of t r a n s p o r t and f o r e i g n t r a d e of C h i n a and Kyrgyzstan, Ta s h k e n t - P a p - A n d i j a n - O s h - I r k e s h t a m - K a s h g a r r o u t e s w e r e o p e n e d w i t h a c c e s s to t h e E a s t e r n p o r t s of C h i n a .

This route provides combined transportation of foreign trade goods, including Afghanistan .

GSR Road links between China, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan Road links between China, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan

Another direction isfrom the port of Lianyungang -Urumqi - Kashgar -Irkeshtam-Osh - Andijan further through the territory of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan with access to

URUMQI the port of Baku. This proposal is supported by the Ministry of Economy of Azerbaijan. BAKU TASHKENT ANDIJAN

TURKMENBASHI KASHGAR LIANYUNGANG Route to Russian Federation PPS

For further development the interconnectedness of Asian highways, we make the following proposals:

1. Publish an analysis of the pace of development of the Asian Highway over the past five years. - We are ready to jointly develop the structure of this material.

2. Conduct a study on the capacity of Asian highways at interstate junctions. 3. Conduct a study of best practices in attracting private investment to the road construction and maintenance sector.

4. Conduct a study of the impact of the Asian Railways on the pace of development of GDP, foreign trade, on the level of mobility, urbanization, agglomeration in individual countries. • BOT – BUILD OPERATE TRANSFER • BOO – BUILD OWN OPERATE • BOOT – BUILD OWN OPERATE TRANSFER • DBF – DESIGN BUILD FINANCE • DBFO - DESIGN BUILD FINANCE OPERATE • DBO - DESIGN BUILD OPERATE • BLT –BUILD LEASE TRANSFER • BTO - BUILD TRANSFER OPERATE • DBFOM - DESIGN BUILD FINANCE OPERATE MANAGE 5. To organize an exchange of experience in the field of environmental protection, as well as state and/or other compensation payments to property owners who are subject to demolition in the design and construction of high -speed highways in Asia.

6. And, finally, to conduct training on the design, construction, operation of roadside infrastructure in some Asian countries. Thank you for your attention!