BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

03/03/2007

Turkmenistan to increase imports of Belarus made machinery

As the Ashgabat correspondent of Turkmenistan.ru reports, a delegation of Turkmenistan led by the minister of construction and construction industry materials, Jumadurdy Kakaliyev, has completed a two day visit to Belarus. The delegation also includes Ashgabat governor Orazmyrat Esenov and Turkmenistan's Ambassador to Belarus, Ilya Veljanov.

The Turkmen delegation visited Stroymash and Mogilevliftmash plants in Mogilev province and a number of enterprises in Minks and Gomel provinces specializing in construction, farm machinery and equipment. The delegation also got acquainted with Belarusian construction technologies and the scope of construction industry.

According to BELTA, in an interview with local journalists Ilya Veljanov said that the Turkmen side "agreed that Belarusian machinery and equipment can compete with production of leading foreign companies, and even outdo it by certain characteristics, including servicing characteristics and price." He said Turkmenistan is interested in increasing imports of Belarusian construction services, materials, equipment and farm equipment.

It should be noted that Turkmenistan signed several contracts with Belarusian machinery plants this year. As of now, about 9 draft agreements on cooperation in various spheres have been prepared.

Source:

http://www.turkmenistan.ru/?page_id=3&lang_id=en&elem_id=9517&type=event&sort=date_desc