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Friday, 26.04.2024, 10:44
Transport Ministry calls on Japan to use Latvian transit opportunities
Ozolins underscored the potential of Latvian transit and ports, pointing at
Latvia’s advantages – the geographic location, unfreezing ports, road and
railway infrastructure, modern logistics and distribution centers and air
connections.
The state secretary presented Latvia’s logistics sector and its
achievements to Japanese business representatives. He also spoke about its
growing role in the Eurasian distribution chains, offering Japanese businessmen
to use Latvia’s transit corridor for delivering Japanese goods to Scandinavia
and Norther Europe.
Ozolins also informed on the results of the Riga International Airport and
national airline airBaltic – the
growing number of passengers and transit passengers, the connections,
increasing cargo volumes, the growing e-commerce cargo transit.
As reported, Kucinskis' visit to Japan will continue through December 9.
Kucinskis will later have meetings with Japanese Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism Minister Keiichi Ishii, Economy, Trade and Industry
Minister Hiroshige Seko, and members
of Latvian-Japanese parliamentary cooperation group.
Kucinskis will also participate in forums on Latvian-Japanese economic
cooperation development, organized by Japan External Trade Organization and the
Fintech Center of Tokyo (FINOLAB). He will meet with the heads of several
Japanese business associations and major companies.