Lithuanian authorities determined to attract Kazakhstan freight flows take measures encouraging the Kazakh entrepreneurs’ investments in the projected logistics centers, especially in Klaipeda, Vesti.kz reports quoting the report of Vadim Volovoy, an expert of the Center for Geopolitical Studies who was speaking at the conference ‘Building Bridges Between Regions: Central Asia, Central and Eastern Europe’.
The Kazakhstan businessmen will be offered to build at these logistics centers warehouse facilities and set up their joint ventures for cargo handling, Mr. Volovoy said, adding that Lithuania offers to invest in the projects that are still undecided.
"Lithuania has a serious basis for developing economic cooperation with Kazakhstan, but because of passiveness, unfavorable railway tariffs, complicated customs procedures, insufficient infrastructure and inconvenient geographical location, Lithuania can fall out of the East-West corridor, and traffic flows can be directed through the ports of other Baltic states," the Kazakhstan agency quoted Mr. Volovoy as saying.
The Kazakhstan businessmen will be offered to build at these logistics centers warehouse facilities and set up their joint ventures for cargo handling, Mr. Volovoy said, adding that Lithuania offers to invest in the projects that are still undecided.
"Lithuania has a serious basis for developing economic cooperation with Kazakhstan, but because of passiveness, unfavorable railway tariffs, complicated customs procedures, insufficient infrastructure and inconvenient geographical location, Lithuania can fall out of the East-West corridor, and traffic flows can be directed through the ports of other Baltic states," the Kazakhstan agency quoted Mr. Volovoy as saying.