(MENAFN- AzerNews)
As part of the visit of Belarusian PM Roman Golovchenko to
Azerbaijan, contracts worth more than $70 million were signed,
Azernews reports citing Belarus Today.
Agreements and contracts were signed for a total amount of more
than $55 million within the framework of the first day of the 27th
Interfood Azerbaijan and the 15th Caspian Agro international
exhibitions.
Moreover, the contract was signed, during the Golovchenko's
visit to Azerbaijan's Ganja Automotive Plant, for the supply of 950
unassembled tractors in the amount of $15.5 million between
Belarusian Minsk Automobile Plant and Ganja Automotive Plant. In
addition, a memorandum of cooperation also was signed between Ganja
Automotive Plant and Gomselmash OJSC.
According to the results of the two days working visit of prime
minister to Azerbaijan, the sum of the contracts signed amounted to
more than $70 million.
It should be noted that Interfood Azerbaijan and Caspian Agro
international exhibitions present the industrial potential of
Belarus (mechanical engineering, glass industry, etc), as well as a
wide range of Belarusian meat and dairy products.
Earlier, Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman
Mikhail Myatlikov has said that contracts worth $55 million have
been signed following the first day of the visit of the Belarus
delegation to Azerbaijan.
'A business meeting between Azerbaijani and Belarus companies
was held on May 18. A number of contracts totaling about $55
million were signed. New contacts are being established. I think we
will hear about new contracts in the next few days,' he said.
He emphasized that the main contracts were signed in the wood
processing and foodstuffs sectors.
Belarus Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko arrived in Azerbaijan
for a two-day working visit on May 18. The two-day visit program
includes meetings with the country's leadership, a visit to the
Ganja automobile plant, international exhibitions Caspian Agro and
Inter Food, as well as industrial enterprise Iglim. A business
meeting between the business circles of the two countries is also
planned as part of the visit.
In addition, Belarus enterprises presented their products at the
international Caspian Agro and Inter Food exhibitions. The
Belarusian exposition is represented by 39 companies and
organizations.
Diplomatic relations between the countries were established on
June 11, 1993. The two countries are cooperating in various sectors
of the economy, such as agriculture, transport, remote sensing
services, etc.
The trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Belarus amounted to
$424.4 million, with the exports accounting for $295.5 million and
imports for $128.9 million in 2021.
Railway passenger carriages, fiberboard of wood, butter,
medicaments, furniture, wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, beef,
electric transformers, and cheese are the main export goods to
Azerbaijan. From Azerbaijan, Belarus imports polymers of propylene,
tomatoes, fruits, nuts, fresh fruits, fruit and vegetable juices,
and others.
Since 2007, a number of joint projects in the field of
industrial cooperation have been launched including assembly lines
of Belarus tractors and trucks. The leader of the
Belarusian-Azerbaijani cooperation in the sphere of industrial
cooperation is the Ganja automobile plant.
At a meeting with representatives of the public and expert
community, Belarus, and foreign media in 2019, President Alexander
Lukashenko stressed that relations between Belarus and Azerbaijan
are an example of relations between the two Christian and Muslim
states.
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