Energizing Business Contacts: A Delegation from Zimbabwe Visits the Vitebsk Hydroelectric Power Station

Cooperation options in the energy sector were discussed during the visit of a delegation from the Republic of Zimbabwe, led by the country's Minister of Energy, Mr. July Moyo, to Vitebsk.

As explained by Dmitry Lukyanin, Head of the Foreign Economic Activity and International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Energy of Belarus, the business trip aims to identify common ground that meets the interests of both parties. July Moyo familiarized himself with the capabilities of the region's energy sector, visited the Vitebsk HPP, the electrical grid district, and the enterprises "Vitstroitekhmash" and "Energokomplekt," where he inquired about their products and their potential use in his country.

The machine-building plant "Vitstroitekhmash," a leading Belarusian enterprise for the production of lifting and transport equipment, manufactures machinery for various fields of activity, including energy. Representatives of Zimbabwe were shown new products, which have no analogues in the CIS. In particular, a lift equipped with advanced equipment combining the functions of several units of machinery and designed for loading and unloading, construction and installation, repair, and transport works.

Representatives of the African country also showed interest in cable and wire products manufactured by the production association "Energokomplekt." Its consumers include enterprises from various industries: energy, oil and gas, construction, mining, and transport.

– Countries of the far arc are currently one of the promising vectors for the development of our enterprise, so we consider Africa and East Asia as a direction in which we will work in the next five to ten years, – emphasized Andrey Avko, the company's CEO. – The horizons are vast. These countries will develop at an accelerated pace.

The head of the enterprise added that it is necessary to work out logistics and other aspects that would make cooperation more profitable. Perhaps it is necessary to enter into intergovernmental agreements, such as those our country has with Vietnam, where import customs duties have been abolished, or with the United Arab Emirates, where they will be gradually reduced.

And "Energokomplekt" guarantees the quality of its products. The cables and wires produced here will withstand both African heat and northern frosts.

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