Armenia and Belarus expect joint farm equipment assembly soon
10.06.2013,
12:49
Armenia and Belarus are planning to start joint farming machinery assembly plants, Ambassador of Belarus to Armenia Stepan Sukharenko told reporters in Yerevan Friday.
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-
