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On Monday, October 2, the Latvian delegation led by the ministry’s deputy state secretary Uldis Reimanis, participated in the workgroup’s meeting in Minsk and met with representatives of the Belarusian transport sector.

The workgroup on transport discussed current Latvian-Belarusian cooperation issues in the areas of rail and road traffic, aviation, transit and logistics, as well as joint preparations for the 2021 world ice-hockey championship, which will take place in Riga and Minsk.

According to information provided by the Latvian Transport Ministry, the talks in Minsk focused on maintaining the existing cargo basis, and agreement was reached on attracting new cargos to the Belarus-Latvia route. The officials also underlined plans for close cooperation on the Eurasian Transport Corridor by jointly developing a transport and logistics chain from China through Belarus and Latvia to Scandinavian countries on the basis of the two countries’ logistics infrastructure.

The workgroup of the intergovernmental commission also agreed to update the Latvian-Belarusian 1995 railway cooperation agreement by the Latvian-Belarusian intergovernmental commission’s next meeting, planned for 2018. The sides also agreed on expanding cooperation in aviation, which includes both passenger and cargo transportation.

Representatives of the workgroup on transport had separate meetings with the administration of Minsk National Airport and visited the China-Belarus Industrial Park Great Stone.

On Tuesday, the Latvian delegation is visiting the international industrial fair Transport and Logistics 2017 as part Belarusian Transport Week.