REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MINSK -- Belarus' leading heavy equipment company Belaz is expected to open its service center and showroom along with providing spare parts for large vehicles in Indonesia.
Indonesia has purchased 10 heavy vehicles from Belaz to be used in its mining industry and therefore expects the company to open a service center in Indonesia, Director General for America and Europe at the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dian Triansyah Djani stated here, Monday.
Indonesia also wants to increase cooperation in the field related to industrial heavy equipment such as rubber for vehicle tires, Djani said.
"We believe that most of the rubber, which is used to make tires for large vehicles manufactured by Belaz, comes from Indonesia," he affirmed.
Rubber is one of the Indonesian commodities exported to Belarus in addition to electrical appliances, fishery, and agricultural products such as coffee and tea, while Indonesia imports heavy equipment, medicines, and agricultural tools, among others from Belarus.
Indonesia has invited businessmen from Belarus to the Business Exhibition in Indonesia in October 2015, hoping that the entrepreneurs of the two countries can share business information, Djani remarked.
"On this occasion, we along with several Indonesian businessmen mainly from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry aim to discuss opportunities to increase cooperation, especially in the field of economy and trade," he added.
Meanwhile, Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus Valentin Rybakov emphasized that he would push Belarus businessmen to be more active to ensure that the cooperation between the two countries is successful.
"To promote trade and investment relations between Indonesia and Belarus, direct relations between the businessmen of both countries is very important, as Indonesia is the axis for the ASEAN, and Belarus is the pivot for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)," he added.
The ASEAN comprises Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Brunei, Singapore, Vietnam and Myanmar, while the CIS includes Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Ukraine.
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