China, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan will construct a new railway to enhance regional trade.

A trilateral intergovernmental agreement on railway project was signed at a ceremony in Beijing.

The 523-km railway project will start in China's Kashgar and traversing Torugart, Kosh-Dobo, and Kazarman in Kyrgyzstan will culminate in Andijan in eastern Uzbekistan.

The planned railway lines will connect South Asia to the ports of Indian Ocean.