Kazakhstan delegation led by the Minister of Transport visited Lithuania

Vilnius, May 17, 2024 – Minister of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan Marat Karabaev during his visit to Vilnius discussed with his Lithuanian colleague Marius Skuodis the current state and prospects for the development of cooperation between the two countries in the transport and logistics industry, including through the Trans-Caspian route.

The ministers signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the development of cooperation within the framework of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route.

On the same day, the 4th meeting of the Kazakh-Lithuanian Working Group on Cooperation in the Field of Transport was held, at which the prospects for cooperation in the field of maritime, rail and road transport were discussed. Following the meeting, a Protocol of the meeting was signed.

The Kazakhstan delegation took part in a Business forum organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan with the assistance of the Kazakh-Lithuanian Business Council and with the support of the honorary consuls of Kazakhstan in Lithuania. In addition to speeches by the leadership of the transport ministries of the two states and presentations of the potential of the seaports of Aktau, Kuryk and Klaipeda, meetings of entrepreneurs in B2B format were held as part of the event.

Marat Karabaev also visited the office of the “Avia Solutions Group” (ASG), the world's largest company providing ACMI services (aircraft rental with crew, maintenance and insurance, with a fleet of more than 220 aircraft). The Minister met with a group of Kazakh students from the Academy of Civil Aviation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (ACA), who are undergoing internship at the “BAA Training” training center. During the visit further steps to prepare the AGA for certification according to the standards of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the possibility of opening a world-class aviation training center in our country were also discussed.

The Kazakh delegation also visited the office of Europe’s largest transport and logistics company “Girteka”, which manages its fleet of more than 10 thousand trucks and 23 thousand employees.