BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

25/06/2008

Byelorussian Delegation Visits Armenia

ARKA

A delegation of the Minsk region, Belarus, has been on a visit to Armenia. The delegation discussed prospects of cooperation between Zhodino (Belarus) and Kajaran (Armenia).

The Press and Information Department, RA Foreign Office, reports that, on June 22, RA Ambassador to Belarus Oleg Yesayan, Mayor of Zhodino Vasili Grischenko and Director General of the BelAz Production Association Pyetr Parkhomchik discussed the details of the visit.

Ambassador Yesayan visisted the BelAz plant and received information on the production process and range of products, including road-building machinery.

The sides emphasized the importance of initiative to expand cooperation between the large plants in Zhodino and Kajaran, as this cooperation account for a major part of Armenian-Byelorussian trade.

In October 2006, Zhodino, Minsk region, Belarus, and Kajaran, Syunik region, Armenia, signed a cooperation agreement.

The Byelorussian delegation came to Armenia to resolve the problems with operation of over 100 BelAz heavy trucks at the Kajaran copper and molybdenum plant. The delegation also discussed the issue of supplying new heavy trucks to Armenia with a weight-carrying capacity of 90 to 130 tons.

Source:

http://groong.usc.edu/news/msg236182.html

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