Yekaterinburg, Russia, Sept.30
By Vagif Sharifov - Trend:
Azerbaijan's Benkons Group company will soon start to building a plant for juice manufacturing and a logistical center in Kazan, Russia, said Ildar Khalikov, prime minister of the Republic of Tatarstan (federal subject of Russia).
He made the remarks during the 6th Russian-Azerbaijani interregional forum that kicked off in Yekaterinburg, Russia Sept.30.
Azerbaijan is the special partner of Tatarstan, said Khalikov, adding that this partnership covers not only trade and economy, but also politics.
Azerbaijan's permanent mission in Kazan and a large number of political and economic contacts contribute to this partnership, he said.
Khalikov also said that aside from traditional economic relations formed over decades, many new projects emerge between the two sides.
"It is gratifying to stress that the largest juice producer in Azerbaijan will begin constructing a juice production plant and a logistics center in Kazan in a week, October 7," he said. "This will be one of the largest logistics centers among those being built by Azerbaijani representatives today."
He added that such an enterprise as KAMAZ is also the biggest partner of Azerbaijan in Tatarstan.
"Today KAMAZ has been represented by almost 50,000 vehicles, three official dealers and own assembly line of vehicles of this model at the production facilities of the Ganja Automobile Plant," he said.
"Azerbaijan has established long-standing relations with the Kazan Helicopter Plant," he said. "They are based on the close cooperation with the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Interior Ministry, the State Guard Service, Air Force, the Defense Ministry and the Border Service of Azerbaijan. Moreover, the strong relations were established in the field of petrochemical complex on technology exchange, the companies' partnership and joint projects."
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