Belarus ready to build assembly plants in Mozambique

          Belarus is ready to set up assembly plants in Mozambique, First Deputy Premier of Belarus Vladimir Semashko said as he met with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Mozambique Oldemiro Baloi, BelTA reports. “Belarus and Mozambique have a significant cooperation potential in many fields, first of all, in agriculture and manufacturing, as well as education. The bilateral trade increased 3.4 times in 2013, however, the absolute number ($9.1 million, including $8.7 million in export) is still very small. We can expand the bilateral trade dozens and even hundreds of times,” Vladimir Semashko said. Agriculture is a priority economic sector in Mozambique. It generates about 24% of the country’s GDP. Vladimir Semashko noted that Belarus could supply tractors to Mozambique. According to him, Belarusian tractors “are relatively cheap compared to the world’s average and are extremely reliable and modern”.
Vladimir Semashko noted that Belarus produces all kinds of machines, devices, tools and equipment for agriculture, from ploughs and seeders to grain harvesters and fodders harvesters.