BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

10/08/2006

Samand, symbol of Iranian industries in Belarus

LONDON, August 10 (IranMania) - Launching production line of Samand sedan cars in Belarus is the first step for presence of Iranian industries in East European markets, Iranian ambassador to Belarus Abdolmajid Fekri said, IRNA reported.

Fekri said, "In other words Samand is the symbol of Iranian industries in Belarus."

He said that Samand Project opened a new chapter in Iran-Belarus economic cooperation and named Samand cars as the main output of Iran Khodro on design and technical study of which major investment has been made by the company.

Fekri estimated the volume of business exchange between the two countries at around 40 million dollars a year.

He also added that Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Belarus in near future.

He said that both Iran and Belarus have objections to monopoly of industrial states and have common views about industrial development of independent countries.

He noted that with regard to Belarussian strategic situation, it can be the main Iranian export route to other Baltic and European countries.

Source:

http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=44951&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs