ASTANA (TCA) — Ukraine says it will for the first time ship goods to Kazakhstan along a route bypassing Russia, due to the Kremlin’s trade embargo on Kiev, RFE/RL reported.
Russia this month imposed fresh sanctions on Ukraine in response to its decision to enter a much disputed free-trade and political Association Agreement with the European Union.Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Andriy Pyvovarskiy said on January 13 that “experimental” deliveries via Georgia and Azerbaijan would be shipped to Kazakhstan on January 15.”This Silk Road will not only give Ukrainian goods alternative access to markets in which we have historically been very …read more
Source: The Times of Central Asia
