Cooperation in transport sector seen as crucial for Belarus, Russia

Maintaining contacts in the transport sector is extremely important for Belarus and Russia, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said as he met with Russian Minister of Transport Vitaly Savelyev in Minsk on 6 October, BelTA has learned.

“Transport is one of the crucial areas of cooperation as it connects our countries. We have a large freight and passenger traffic, transit freight flow, so it is no accident that the measures to further develop the transport sector are included in the Union State programs, which have been recently signed by the heads of government of Belarus and Russia,” the prime minister said.

According to him, the transport sector is resource- and capital-intensive in Belarus. “Uninterrupted supplies of goods and movement of citizens depend on it. This is why maintaining contacts and dialogue is extremely important. It is of utmost importance for our country given the international pressure, which is absolutely unfair. In particular, the restrictions imposed in the aviation are abnormal and go contrary to all norms of international law,” he stressed. Roman Golovchenko expressed his gratitude to the Russian side for support.

“We have been actively developing cooperation in the railway sector. Belarus and Russia are gradually resuming passenger railway service. This work should be continued despite the fact that the epidemiological situation remains difficult. As for freight transportation, Belarus is an exporting country. Sustainable logistics is extremely important to us because two-thirds of the national output are bound for export. The landlocked countries, like Belarus, should build effective and sustainable routes to transport its goods," the Belarusian head of government said. He suggested discussing the next large-scale stage in the effort to intensify Belarusian cargo flows using the infrastructure of Russia.