ARMENIA AND BELARUS EXPECT JOINT FARM EQUIPMENT ASSEMBLY SOON
YEREVAN, June 10. /ARKA/. Armenia and Belarus are planning to start
joint farming machinery assembly plants, Ambassador of Belarus to
Armenia Stepan Sukharenko told reporters in Yerevan Friday.
"We are close to having a certain plan and to making our mind up about
where exactly in Armenia we will be doing it", the ambassador said
at a meeting with reporters on 20th anniversary of the countries'
diplomatic relations.
Mainly two models, MTZ-82 that is popular among Armenian farmers and
mini-tractors helpful in small farms and vineyards, will be assembled
in the plants.
The ambassador said the plants are important for Armenia in terms of
the ongoing agriculture modernization in particular.
Sukhorenko also said Belarusian field-engineers are preferred by
Armenian farmers due to their best quality-price relation.
There were a total of 14,683 tractors in Armenia as of the beginning
of 2013; number of harvesters was 1,362. -0-
YEREVAN, June 10. /ARKA/. Armenia and Belarus are planning to start
joint farming machinery assembly plants, Ambassador of Belarus to
Armenia Stepan Sukharenko told reporters in Yerevan Friday.
"We are close to having a certain plan and to making our mind up about
where exactly in Armenia we will be doing it", the ambassador said
at a meeting with reporters on 20th anniversary of the countries'
diplomatic relations.
Mainly two models, MTZ-82 that is popular among Armenian farmers and
mini-tractors helpful in small farms and vineyards, will be assembled
in the plants.
The ambassador said the plants are important for Armenia in terms of
the ongoing agriculture modernization in particular.
Sukhorenko also said Belarusian field-engineers are preferred by
Armenian farmers due to their best quality-price relation.
There were a total of 14,683 tractors in Armenia as of the beginning
of 2013; number of harvesters was 1,362. -0-