A Latvian company is ready to invest in the construction of a multimodal logistics center in Orsha

March 11, Minsk / Olga Belyavskaya - BELTA /. Latvian company Logistic Partneri LTD is ready to invest in the construction of the Orsha International Multimodal Logistics Center near the Orsha Aircraft Repair Plant. This was announced today at a press conference by First Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications of Belarus Nikolai Verkhovets, BELTA correspondent reports. The First Deputy Minister noted that negotiations on cooperation with the Latvian company are underway, but contractual relations have not yet been formalized. "But we plan to do this in the near future," he said. It is expected that the volume of investments required for the creation of a multimodal logistics center will be at least $200 million. "Our partners are interested in cooperation, including the possibility of using the preferences that Belarus can provide," Nikolai Verkhovets emphasized. The Orsha region is one of the most promising for the development of transport logistics; it is a crossroads not only of road but also of air routes. "The Orsha Aircraft Repair Plant has a runway in good condition, and railway tracks are located nearby," said Nikolai Verkhovets. "In a word, there is everything for the development of logistics." -0-