Contents tagged with New Silk Road
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Latvia hopes it has found a replacement for Russian oil
Latvia wants to become a participant in the “New Silk Road” transport project, taking into account the Russian company Transneft’s decision to stop exporting petroleum products through seaports in the Baltic States by 2018. This opinion was expressed by the president of the Baltic Association — Transport and Logistics (BATL), Inga Antāne, in an interview with Latvian television.
Antāne has high expectations for the upcoming November summit in Riga between the heads of the central and eastern …
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Ukraine to launch train ferry to Georgia
Ukraine and Georgia have agreed on direct international rail traffic through the ports of the two countries. The corresponding agreement was signed by representatives from the respective governments at the International Maritime Forum in Batumi, as reported by the press service of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine.
“We have signed a very important document that will ensure the connection of Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan through the Silk Road,” the minister of …
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Ukraine and Georgia agree on the need to develop 'New Silk Road'
Ukraine and Georgia agreed on the need to continue to develop the New Silk Road; a rail route bypassing the Russian Federation, Ukraine’s Presidential Press Service said in a statement. It was noted that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko discussed the issue with the Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili during a meeting in Germany.
The two leaders “have discussed key issues on the bilateral agenda and agreed to activate economic cooperation, in particular, the development of the …
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Ukraine Launches Demonstration of New Silk Road, Bypassing Russia
The Ukrainian Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Aivaras Abromavičius, wrote on his Facebook page that the first demonstration cargo train departed from Illichivsk via a the Ukraine-Georgia-Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan-China (through the Caspian and Black Seas) route.
“The cargo train is running on the Ukraine-Georgia-Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan-China route. This demonstration cargo train still has to resolve technical and logistical issues, and work out other technical aspects, which can arise. …