Connecting India and Central Asia via Latvia, how and why?

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India has the ambition to step closer to Central Asian countries, but direct rail connections from India to Central Asia are unrealistic for mostly geopolitical reasons. Thus, rail-sea intermodal services become the solution, despite the routes might seem quite unusual. For example, a solution could see shipments passing through Latvia. Edvīns Bērziņš, President of Ukrainian Logistics Alliance, shares with RailFreight.com why this could be a good choice.

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Connecting India and Central Asia via Latvia, how and why?

Source: Aleks Kend

India has the ambition to step closer to Central Asian countries, but direct rail connections from India to Central Asia are unrealistic for mostly geopolitical reasons. Thus, rail-sea intermodal services become the solution, despite the routes might seem quite unusual. For example, a solution could see shipments passing through Latvia. Edvīns Bērziņš, President of Ukrainian Logistics Alliance, shares with RailFreight.com why this could be a good choice.

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