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Transportation and Logistics | 2018. July 24, at noon 10:04
Last week, Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics met with Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makey on a working visit to Latvia
![Sava News until At the meeting, ministers discussed bilateral relations between Latvia and Belarus. including cooperation in the fields of the economy, transport and transit, cross-border cooperation, education, science, culture and other areas. E.Rinkēvičs is satisfied with good-neighborly relations between Latvia and Belarus and active cooperation in various fields characterized by active political dialogue and exchange of visits. </p>
<p> It is gratifying that the 13th meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission of Latvia and Byelorussia will take place on 6 September in Riga. </p>
<p> "Belarus is an important neighbor, therefore we are interested in maintaining the momentum of these relations.Belarus is also a very important partner of Latvia's economic cooperation and Latvia's largest foreign trading partner between Eastern Partnership countries Welcoming the visit of the Prime Minister of Latvia to Minsk in February, during which it was agreed to establish a joint action plan for the Government of Latvia and the Belarussian government E. Rinkēvičs </p>
<p> E.Rinkēvičs drew attention to the opening of the Latvian transit sector to Belarusian businessmen and called for the establishment of his company in Latvia as a Member State of the European Union </p>
<p> "To increase the transit corridor Latvia has started the implementation of the railway electrification project on the East-West transit corridor. I ask the Belarussian side to consider the possibility of electrification of railways in the territory of Belarus, "said the Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs. </p>
<p> The LNT television channel reports that JSC Latvijas dzelzceļš (LDz) is rated positively. Compared with last year, the share of Belarussian freight in the total volume of transit imports and transit has increased considerably from 15.7% last year to 25.5% this year. . </p>
<p> The total goods traffic between Belarus and Latvia amounts to 14.7 million. tonnes, of which 5.75 mln. </p>
<p> "This is the result of the work of the Belorussians – the opening of the representation and the essentially very close work in cooperation with the Belarusian railways have borne fruit," says Edvins Bērziņš, president of the LDZ. </p>
<p> SJSC "Latvijas dzelzceļš" is the manager of the public railway infrastructure and the management company of the company "Latvijas dzelzceļš". </p>
<p> The group also includes six subsidiaries – AS LatRailNet, which recharge and distribute railway infrastructure. LDZ CARGO, which provides rail freight services and international pbadenger transport, construction and infrastructure maintenance SIA LDZ infrastruktūra, LDZ rolling stock repair and maintenance, SIA safety LDZ Apsardze, k<br />
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