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By Amina Nazarli

The Ganja Automobile Plant and “MTZ Holding” Minsk Tractor Plant signed three documents in Baku on February 10.

The documents are a contract for 2015, a strategic agreement on long-term partnership and a contract of mutual cooperation. They will expand cooperation between the two sides and give a chance to enter the market of the third countries.

The documents were signed between Kamran Nazarov, Director of Ganja Automobile Plant and Fedor Domotenko, CEO of the Minsk Tractor Plant in the Belarus Embassy in Azerbaijan.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, Nikolai Paskevish, Belarus Ambassador to the country said that development of relations between the two sides suggests that the relationship between the two countries have a strategic nature.

Khanlar Fatiyev, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Ganja Automobile Plant said that the agreement will help export productions of “MTZ Holding”, manufacturing in the Ganja Automobile Plant to the third countries.

Domotenko noted that the new agreement is very symbolic, because Azerbaijan has named this year as the Year of Agriculture. And this is very important in terms of food security.

KAMAZ produced a wide range of trucks including lorries (more than 40 models, 1,500 options, right-hand drive cars), trailers, buses, tractors, engines, power units and various tools. KAMAZ’s trucks are varying from 14 to 40 tons.

Ganja Automobile Plant was established in 2004. At first the number of employees was 85 people, now their number has reached 700.

In 2006, Ganja and Minsk automobile plants inked an agreement on manufacturing and selling all range of trucks and tractors of the Minsk Automobile Plant in Azerbaijan.

Ganja Plant is able to manufacture up to 1,000 trucks and 2,000 tractors per year.

Currently, Ganja Automobile Plant is assembling “Belarus and MAZ automobiles."

The company guarantees for one year its products. It also offers quality services in all regions of the country.

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Amina Nazarli is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @amina_nazarli

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