trends in Central Asia, we consider the areas of transport, energy and security as promising
areas of bilateral and multilateral cooperation. All the necessary favorable conditions exist for
this.
First, the location of Central Asia at the “junction” of Europe and Asia makes the region
attractive in terms of transport and communication capabilities. In March 2017, the sides
launched the implementation of an important section of the transport corridor "Uzbekistan-
Turkmenistan-Iran-Oman" and opened railway and road bridges Turkmenabad-Farab through
the Amu Darya. Thanks to their launch, it is possible to implement the idea of creating a
through transport and communication highway on the route "Central Asia-Caspian sea-South
Caucasus" with access to the Black Sea ports of Turkey, Romania and others.
In addition, after 20 years of negotiations, significant progress has been made in the
construction of a railway connecting China and Central Asia through Kyrgyzstan. According to
the preliminary settings and the implementation of the project, the timing of shipments from
East Asia to the countries of southern Europe will be reduced by 7-8 days, the length of the
path at 900 km.
Against the background of the rapid development of trade and economic relations
between Germany and China, (turnover in 2017 - $ 170 billion. data edition “Spiegel”). Central
Asia is a zone of potential transit to China, which plans to pave a new "silk road" to Europe
within the framework of the project "one belt, one road".
In this regard, the countries of the region are interested in obtaining financial and
technical assistance from Germany in the modernization of Railways and highways, as well as
the equipping of customs offices with modern technologies and the creation of logistics
centers.
Secondly, the intensification of cooperation between the CA countries and Germany on
the joint production of renewable energy sources (RES). Germany today is a leading country in
this direction. At the end of 2017, 33% of electricity in Germany was produced from wind,
biomass, solar and hydroelectric power. In turn, Central Asian States are making significant
efforts to develop the renewable energy sector. In particular, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and
Tajikistan have adopted State programs for the development of renewable energy and energy
efficiency. Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan have created favorable conditions for RES at the
legislative level, through the introduction of fixed tariffs and reduction of tax liabilities. In this
regard, the Central Asian countries are interested in establishing cooperation with leading
German companies and research institutes in the field of renewable energy, as well as
attracting German investment in this industry.
Thirdly, given the important role of the economic component in the settlement of the
situation in Afghanistan, it is necessary to intensify the joint work of the Central Asian countries
and Germany on the implementation of joint projects in this country.
It should be noted that, during the visit of Afghan President Ghani to Uzbekistan in
December 2017, the governments reached an agreement on the construction of the Mazari-
Sharif-Herat railway. Uzbekistan realized this project as a continuation of the first railway line
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