Bolivia and Brazil will analyze the details of the bioceanic train project

According to the Minister of Public Works, Services and Housing of Bolivia, Milton Claros, among other issues will consider the border issue in Puerto Suarez, entry point of the railway line to the Bolivian territory. The meeting is scheduled as part of a series of meetings with countries in the region that have been going on for several months to lead the CFBI, which is expected to start from the west of the country. South America, in the Peruvian port of Ilo and, after central Bolivia, will end in the Brazilian port of Santos.

Baptized as the Panama Canal of the 21st century, in the execution of this work will be involved countries like Germany, Switzerland and Spain, and the investment is estimated at about $ 10 billion.

On June 15, there was a meeting of representatives of the governments of Bolivia, Peru, Brazil and Paraguay in Ilo, during which the rules of procedure of the Bioceanic Operating Group, the technical studies were presented and the viability and benefits of the railway megaproject have been confirmed.

A month later, Claros received the Minister of Transport and Communications of Peru, Edmer Trujillo Mori, in Cochabamba. the authorities analyzed the conditions of the port of Ilo and the implementation of the bioceanic train project, in addition to accepting that Peru establish a 30 percent reduction for the Bolivian cargo carried by this place .

Claros said the meeting with the Brazilian authorities is pursuing similar demands, as they aim to "free several migration and customs problems," he said.

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