Formation of competitive conditions for cargo carriage from Kazakhstan to Lithuania discussed
ASTANA. September 19. KAZINFORM Kazakh Minister of Transport and Communications Abelgazy Kussainov has received the Lithuanian delegation headed by Lithuanian Minister of Economy Dainius Kreivys. They discussed the cooperation expansion of the two states in the transport sphere; the Ministry's press service reports.
Abelgazy Kussainov noted that at present cooperation of the two states have common interests in all kinds of transport. In particular, there are a number of agreements in the sphere of railways, water transport, civil aviation and highroad services.
Expressing gratitude for the meeting organization, Dainius Kreivys, in his turn, defined the main aspects, which demand consideration. In particular, it is formation of competitive conditions for cargo carriage from Kazakhstan to Lithuania and transit through Lithuania to the Klaipeda Seaport. It was proposed to organize a trilateral meeting with participation of Kazakhstan, Russia and Lithuania for this issue solution.
The head of the Lithuanian delegation proposed to develop the Viking project within the framework of the international transport corridor - TRACECA. This issue is suggested to be discussed at the forthcoming session of the working group on transport, which will be held in Lithuania in November, 2009.
According to Lithuanian Vice Minister of Transport and Communications Arunas Staras, representatives of the Logistics Association of Lithuania propose to consider an opportunity of land parceling for logistic centers in Kazakhstan, and offer the Kazakh entrepreneurs to take part in creation of multimodal terminals in Lithuania.
The head of the Lithuanian delegation reminded that the Euro-Asian Transport development Forum will be held in Vilnius. The Kazakh Ministry of Transport and Communications was invited to take part in it.