BelAZ dump truck service center will be opened in Karaganda (Kazakhstan). The relevant agreement was reached during a working visit of a delegation of Minsk Oblast led by Governor Boris Batura to Karaganda Oblast, Chairman of the Economy Committee of the Minsk Oblast Executive Committee Dmitry Pavlovich told media.
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      “Karaganda Oblast uses over 200 Belarusian dump trucks. Keeping in mind the growing market of this equipment in Kazakhstan, there are prospects of expanding BelAZ supplies and there is a need for service maintenance of the vehicles in the region. That is why, besides all the agreements reached during the visit, Akim of Karaganda Oblast agreed on allocating a land plot for the construction of a service center for BelAZ vehicles.
     Today a joint company KazBelAZ operates in Karaganda that specializes in assembling Belarusian dump trucks with 45t payload.The estimated needs of Karaganda Oblast in this type of vehicles makes up 30-35 vehicles per year.
      Taking into account the potential of the Single Economic Space and the Customs Union, the project has great prospects.”
      The delegation of Minsk Oblast was on a return visit to Karaganda Oblast. In April 2013 Belarus welcomed Akim of Karaganda Oblast Baurzhan Abdishev. The latest visit contributed to the implementation of the outlined agreements and a search of new cooperation areas. The parties signed an action plan on cooperation between Minsk and Karaganda Oblasts for 2013-2015. The document will include events envisaged for the development of cooperation in industry, agriculture, healthcare and education.