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28 Mar 2017

Commissioning of mining, processing factory by Belarus in Turkmenistan hailed as momentous event

Commissioning of mining, processing factory by Belarus in Turkmenistan hailed as momentous event

MINSK, 28 March (BelTA) – The implementation of the project to build the Garlyk mining and processing factory in Turkmenistan by Belarusian specialists signals Belarus’ civil engineering capabilities to the entire world. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko made the statement as he met with Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich on 28 March, BelTA has learned.

The Belarusian head of state is expected to visit Turkmenistan on 29-31 March. The opening of the Garlyk mining and processing factory will be the key event in those days. The factory has been built by Belarusian specialists using the turn-key approach. “We’ve at last mastered this kind of an enterprise. Back in the Soviet period when surveys were in progress over there the Soviet Union did not risk venturing into this kind of business. It was a very complicated technology due to the soil layers we’ve had to go through. But we’ve done it. It means our technologies are solid. It is a signal to the entire world that we can open any shaft and extract not only potash fertilizers but any treasures of the soil using shafts let alone open-pit mining. It was a very important project for us. It is a good thing we have finished it,” noted the President.

The Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus visited the Garlyk mining and processing factory during a recent trip to Turkmenistan. This is why he informed Alexander Lukashenko about results of this Belarusian-Turkmen project and capabilities of the enterprise.

Mikhail Myasnikovich is the Belarus president’s plenipotentiary for Brest Oblast. Mikhail Myasnikovich informed Alexander Lukashenko about the social and economic development of the region and the progress of the sowing campaign.

Alexander Lukashenko said: “We have agreed that we will allocate fuel on a mass scale as from 1 April when the entire country is involved in the sowing campaign. I’ve signed all the executive orders. We will add more fuel. But fuel will have to come from somewhere.”

The President pointed out that warm weather is expected to settle in in the next few days and the first crops will sprout in the fields. “We should expedite the sowing campaign as much as possible. Fuel and weather are two things we should pay attention to,” he added.

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