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Manufacturing of new car brand launched in Belarus

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MINSK, 20 October (BelTA) – The production of a new car brand has been launched in Belarus. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement during the government conference held on 20 October to discuss the improvement of the system of planning and overseeing the implementation of strategic projects, BelTA has learned.

During the solemn ceremony to open the BelGee car factory in November 2017 Aleksandr Lukashenko mentioned that his dream of seeing a Belarusian car made in the country had come true. The rate of manufacturing localization has increased substantially since then. Output figures have gone up. Today one can say with confidence that Belarusian Geely cars are truly people’s cars.

“People line up to buy Geely cars now. The cars are pleasant to look at and are quality ones. Truth be told, I am now putting pressure on [Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Piotr] Parkhomchik and [[First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Nikolai] Snopkov to encourage them to continue developing. Today we have ambitious plans of making 120,000 cars per annum instead of 30,000-40,000 cars,” Aleksandr Lukashenko stated.

The president reminded that Belarus intends to start manufacturing automobiles together with the Chinese company FAW Group. The corporation’s most famous brand is Hongqi cars (red banner in Chinese).

The head of state noted: “We will soon show them to the nation. We’ve started making a new automobile brand. You see how life has turned out: cars are in demand. And Geely is the top seller in Belarus already. Russians pray to buy these cars. People are lining up to buy them. When has it ever happened? It means that we should develop this kind of business. And we have to see prospects.”

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