ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO VISITS ARMENIAN STANDARD COMPANY
Economic News (Information Agency Oreanda)
July 12, 2012 Thursday
Russia
Minsk. OREANDA-NEWS . July 12, 2012. Belarus ' President Alexander
Lukashenko attended an official ribbon-cutting ceremony for the
Armenian brandy bottling facility at the Armenian Standard company
in Minsk.
In due time, when meeting with a group of Armenian businessmen,
the President spoke about the need to implement a number of joint
projects. A Belarusian trading house was set up in Yerevan two years
ago, and now the line to bottle Armenian brandy was opened in the
capital of Belarus. Both projects are successful, and this, according
to the Belarusian head of state, attests to the need to expand the
investment presence.
The founders of the Minsk company are Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka
Factory and the Belarustorg company of the President Property
Management Directorate. The share of Armenia in the authorized capital
is 69%, Belarus holds 31%. The new production is located in a renovated
building at 6 Velosipedny Pereulok in Minsk. The facility features a
new Italian production line, 16 metal storage tanks for brandy. The
facility is designed to produce 200,000 decaliters per year. The
company operates modern equipment, storage system that meets all
standards, and strict laboratory control. Raw materials come from
Armenia. It is planned that the new line will produce three-and
five-star brandy.
According to experts, this is the best brandy in Belarus.
Alexander Lukashenko told co-founder of the company Gagik Tsarukyan:
You are a man of your word: you promised, you delivered. We need our
officials to always give the green light to people like you".
Alexander Lukashenko got acquainted with the process, and tasted
the brandy.
This is the first facility to produce Armenian brandy in our country,
the head of state said and emphasized the need to increase brandy
production in the country.
Economic News (Information Agency Oreanda)
July 12, 2012 Thursday
Russia
Minsk. OREANDA-NEWS . July 12, 2012. Belarus ' President Alexander
Lukashenko attended an official ribbon-cutting ceremony for the
Armenian brandy bottling facility at the Armenian Standard company
in Minsk.
In due time, when meeting with a group of Armenian businessmen,
the President spoke about the need to implement a number of joint
projects. A Belarusian trading house was set up in Yerevan two years
ago, and now the line to bottle Armenian brandy was opened in the
capital of Belarus. Both projects are successful, and this, according
to the Belarusian head of state, attests to the need to expand the
investment presence.
The founders of the Minsk company are Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka
Factory and the Belarustorg company of the President Property
Management Directorate. The share of Armenia in the authorized capital
is 69%, Belarus holds 31%. The new production is located in a renovated
building at 6 Velosipedny Pereulok in Minsk. The facility features a
new Italian production line, 16 metal storage tanks for brandy. The
facility is designed to produce 200,000 decaliters per year. The
company operates modern equipment, storage system that meets all
standards, and strict laboratory control. Raw materials come from
Armenia. It is planned that the new line will produce three-and
five-star brandy.
According to experts, this is the best brandy in Belarus.
Alexander Lukashenko told co-founder of the company Gagik Tsarukyan:
You are a man of your word: you promised, you delivered. We need our
officials to always give the green light to people like you".
Alexander Lukashenko got acquainted with the process, and tasted
the brandy.
This is the first facility to produce Armenian brandy in our country,
the head of state said and emphasized the need to increase brandy
production in the country.