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Belarus offers to supply buses, trains to Azerbaijan
MINSK, 28 November (BelTA) - Belarus offers Azerbaijan its buses and trains and also its participation in transport infrastructure projects, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said as he met with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev during the enlarged-participation talks in Minsk on 28 November, BelTA has learned.
The Belarusian President praised the joint project with Azerbaijan to assemble Belarusian MTZ tractors, MAZ and MZKT trucks at Ganja Automobile Plant. Since 2007 it has assembled more than 6,000 tractors Belarus and about 3,000 vehicles and trailers.
According to the Belarusian leader, there are many opportunities for expanding bilateral cooperation in other areas. For example, Belarus can offer inexpensive but reliable MAZ buses of small and middle class, railway passenger trains produced jointly with the Swiss company Stadler and buses with green gas engines for urban transport which assembly can be established in Azerbaijan.
Alexander Lukashenko believes that the Belarusian participation might be useful in the transport infrastructure improvement projects in Azerbaijan. For example, Belarus can design the lines and supply equipment for the high-speed urban rail service between the center of Baku and its suburbs, or assist in creating the additional comfortable conditions of the transport service with the Heydar Aliyev airport.
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