Lithuania invites Kazakhstan to use more transit through Klaipda

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Lithuania invites Kazakhstan to use more transit through Klaipda

By assessing the potential of Kazakhstan as the most important economic partner in the Central Asia region, we aim to open up new transit opportunities and encourage the transportation of this country's cargoes to Europe by rail and through the Klaip da seaport. As trade relations between the countries grow, we can offer a wide range of transport and logistics services and capacities of Lithuanian intermodal terminals. Vice Minister of Transport and Communications J. Ska kauskas said that they wanted to restore direct air transportation between Lithuania and Kazakhstan.

The discussions between the countries in the carriage of goods by road and rail, as well as the issues of air transportation between Lithuania and Kazakhstan were addressed at the meeting with Almaz Idyrysov, Vice-Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan. Vice-Minister J. Ska kauskas talked about Lithuanian transport and logistics capabilities, and invited Kazakhstan to use more transit through Lithuania to transport cargoes to Europe and other countries of the world.

The possibility of greater cooperation was discussed between the Vice-Minister of Transport and Communications and Jerlan Absatov, Director General of the Kazakh Carriers Union Kazlogistics, as well as representatives of Kazakh railways and managers of company Atasu Group, which is currently conducting negotiations with AB LTG Cargo regarding freight transportation.

The advantages and capabilities of the communication system in Lithuania are currently being presented at the International Transport and Logistics Exhibition in Translogistika Kazakhstan, which takes place in Almaty. Lithuania is represented in the exhibition by the JSC Lithuanian Railways, the Klaip da State Seaport Authority and other companies.

In Central Asia, Kazakhstan is the most important economic partner of Lithuania. In the first half of this year, the carriage of goods from Kazakhstan by road increased by 7 compared to the corresponding period in 2021, as more and more goods are being transported between the two countries. The total trade of Lithuania with Kazakhstan in 2021 was 1.45 billion.