WESTERN FIRMS TO EXPAND KLAIPEDA PORT.

Four European countriesare interested in helping to build a new container terminal atKlaipeda, BNS reported August 21. The European Investment Bankwill pay for half of this work. Meanwhile, America’s Philip Morriscompany said it would open a cigarette factory in that city, theservice reported August 22.

Lukashenko: Belarus Needs Western Help for Arms Reduction.