OREANDA-NEWS. March 23, 2011. It is stipulated by the protocol on intentions signed in Minsk by Chisinau Mayor General Dorin Chirtoaca and the Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee Nicolay Ladutico.

The trolleybus repair line is planned to be reconstructed in the Moldovan capital to assemble trolleybuses. Dorin Chirtoaca said the first trolleybus of the joint production of the Minsk Belcommunmash and the Chisinau Electric Transport Department is planned to be assembled in 12-18 months.

According to him, by June 30, 2011, specialists of the mentioned enterprises will discuss and solve all technical aspects concerning establishment and further work of the future joint enterprise. Dorin Chirtoaca said he hopes that a trolleybus similar to those 102 trolleybuses purchased by the Chisinau City Hall from the Belcommunmash will be assembled in Chisinau in a year-year and a half and that in future the city’s administration will be able to renew the city’s trolleybus fleet completely by means of the joint with Belarus production of trolleybuses in Chisinau.

Chisinau Mayor said about 100-150 trolleybuses of the joint Moldovan-Belarus production are planned to be produced by 2015. The Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee Nicolay Ladutico said the first five trolleybuses out of 102 vehicles purchased by the Chisinau City Hall had already been shipped to Moldova and the whole lot would be supplied till the end of May.