In this task, you're given a sentence and your task is to generate a simplified sentence that focuses on lexical paraphrasing from the original sentence given in the input.

by the 1990s , the end of the cold war and normalisation of relations between some countries improved the prospects for creating a rail network across the asian continent.
the prospects of creating a rail network across the asian continent was possible by the 1990s with the end of cold war and relations between some countries improvi.