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Apr 13, 2016 (newstodate): Leaders from the "16+1" countries will soon meet in Riga, Latvia, to develop further the vision of seamless multi modal logistics between China and Europe, "one Belt, one Road".
Member states in this format are China and 16 Central and Eastern European states: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
Latvia's hopes are that the the country's assets in the form of ports, rail and road infrastructure as well as Riga Airport will secure the country a pivotal position at the northwestern end of the Eurasian continent when it comes to transfer of cargo between Europe and China.
In April 2015, a contract was signed between Riga Airport and Azerbaijan's Silk Way Investment LV for the construction of a new cargo and logistics complex at the airport for handling of transit shipments by Silk Way West Airlines between the CIS region, Central Asia and Europa.
Since then, no news have evaporated on the project that still seems, however, to be alive, according to informed industry sources.
Member states in this format are China and 16 Central and Eastern European states: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
Latvia's hopes are that the the country's assets in the form of ports, rail and road infrastructure as well as Riga Airport will secure the country a pivotal position at the northwestern end of the Eurasian continent when it comes to transfer of cargo between Europe and China.
In April 2015, a contract was signed between Riga Airport and Azerbaijan's Silk Way Investment LV for the construction of a new cargo and logistics complex at the airport for handling of transit shipments by Silk Way West Airlines between the CIS region, Central Asia and Europa.
Since then, no news have evaporated on the project that still seems, however, to be alive, according to informed industry sources.