March 27, 2019: The Belarusian heavy trucking company BELAZ has launched its first dumper truck in Pakistan with 45 tonne loading capacity and it will mainly be used in cement and mining sectors. A ceremony in this regard was held here at the Cherat Cement Factory.
The company has planned to procure at least 15 such heavy machines in a year.
“This is the first step as we are looking forward to boost our trade with Pakistan especially in heavy machinery, agriculture, pharmaceutical, and other areas in future,” said Ambassador of Belarus in Pakistan Endrei Ermolovich while addressing the ceremony.
“This year is a very special one in the history of bilateral cooperation between Belarus and Pakistan because the two countries are marking the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations,” he said adding “over the recent years we have managed to set every conditions for the full-scale development of Belarus-Pakistan cooperation”.
He believed that this first ever world known mining dump truck BELAZ in Pakistani market would be a substantial contribution of Belarus to the equipment and development of the cement and mining industries of Pakistan.
“Today we are on the eve of the opening of a new page in our bilateral relations, since we see an excellent example of the progress of the cooperation in the sphere of industry, as well as exchange of advanced technologies with the Pakistani industrial complex” he said.
The Ambassador said Inter-agency contacts had been established and the Inter-ministerial working groups on industry, agriculture, science and technology, military and technical cooperation were operating successfully.
He informed that the two countries were actively preparing to the official visit to Belarus of Prime Minister Imran Khan in the second half of 2019 in accordance with the official invitation extended by the President of Belarus last year.
It should be mentioned that the head of our state attaches special importance to the development of friendly relations with Pakistan, he added.
Belarus is an export-oriented country and at the same time our economic potential in the field of industry, agriculture, pertro chemistry, machinery and others allows us to cooperate with many Pakistani companies, Ermolovich said.
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