BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

19/01/2007

Turkmenistan signs contract for supply of Belarus made farm equipment worth US $ 54 million

As the Ashgabat correspondent of Turkmenistan.ru reports referring to the State News Service (TDH), Turkmenistan's acting president Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov signed the resolution "On signing contracts for the purchase of farm equipment".

According to the document, Turkmenobahyzmat village services association is authorized to sign a contract with Minsk tractor plant (Belarus) for the purchase of 1,000 Belarus-1221 tractors worth US $ 31.95 million, 1,000 Belarus-80• tractors worth US $ 11.08 million and spare parts worth US $ 8.8 million.

Besides, Turkmenobahyzmat plans to contract Minsk gear-wheel plant to purchase 1,000 ploughs worth US $ 1,915 million and spare parts worth US $ 189 thousand on condition that the machinery would be delivered in Turkmenistan until May 31, 2007.

According to the agreement, representatives of Turkmenistan would travel to Belarus to oversee supply of machinery and spare parts. Turkmen specialists would also have the opportunity to get acquainted with training of agriculture specialists in higher and special education establishments of Belarus.

After the signing ceremony representatives of Belarus enterprises visited the home village of the first president of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov, Kipchak, and laid flowers on the mausoleum.

The program of stay also includes visits to the provinces of Turkmenistan to see the work of local service centers of Minsk tractor plant.

Source:

http://www.turkmenistan.ru/?page_id=3&lang_id=en&elem_id=9185&type=event&sort=date_desc