China has signed an agreement for a railway line linking the country with Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. President Xi Jinping welcomed the project as a „sign of determination,“ according to the state news agency Xinhua. The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway „is a strategic project for the connectivity of China and Central Asia and a landmark construction for Belt and Road cooperation among the three countries,“ the report quoted Xi as saying. The signing of the intergovernmental agreement now provides a legal basis for the project start.