Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov told his Lithuanian counterpart Andrius Kubilius that the Viking transport line may be expanded to Middle Asia, 1news.az reports.
Vestnik Kavkaza reported earlier that the transport line runs through Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania, linking container freighting from the Baltic Region with the transport systems of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and the Caspian Sea. The line is 1753 km long.
Azarov believes that the issue was discussed in Azerbaijan. Turkmenistan and turkey may join the project to simplify transport of goods from Middle Asia to Europe.
Kubilius approved the idea, adding that it has good prospects.
Viking is a transport project of Belarus, Lithuania and Ukraine. It is used for transport of goods from Klaipeda to Port Ilyichevsk in Odesaa and back.
58,600 containers were transported via the Ilyichevsk – Minsk – Draugiste route in 2011. The first Viking train was launched in 2003. Georgia and Moldova joined the project in 2011.
