OREANDA-NEWS. On 24 June 2009 was announced, that the "Turkmenobahyzmat" association of joint-stock companies on maintenance of agriculture equipment concluded a contract with the Belarusian Republican Unitary Enterprise "Minsk Tractor Works" for the purchase of 1000 "Belarus-80" tractors and 500 "Belarus-82.1" tractors, as well as spare parts for them. The total cost of the contract, which was signed June 18 in Ashgabat, is USD  33.4 million.

As President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov noted during talks with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, the Turkmen side rates the cooperation with such industry giants as "Minsk Tractor Plant" and "Minsk automobile plant" that have been supplying agricultural and heavy automotive equipment to Turkmenistan for many years now. He said that Turkmenistan would continue to buy vehicles in Belarus.