GAZ, UAZ, Kamaz mull building gas fuel car plant in Bolivia

LA PAZ, Jul 11 (PRIME) -- Russian automobile producers GAZ, UAZ, and Kamaz are holding talks with Bolivia on construction of a plant for assembling vehicles running on gas fuel, Russia’s ambassador Vladimir Sprinchan told PRIME in an interview released on Thursday.

“Bolivia and Russia plan to cooperate in the sphere of gas processing and liquefaction in the future, as well as in the sphere of construction of a plant for assembling cars on gas fuel. The Bolivian side is interested in becoming Latin America’s center for producing cars running on gas motor fuel. The Bolivian market is not so big, but there are some neighboring countries that also have gas for these purposes,” Sprinchan said.

“Everything is at the stage of discussion. There are no plans to sign any contracts in this sphere during (Bolivian President) Evo Morales’ visit yet,” he added.

A Bolivian delegation headed by Morales is holding a working visit to Moscow on Thursday. Later in the day, Morales will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Sprinchan also said that power engineering company Power Machines and hydropower giant RusHydro seek to take part in a tender for construction of hydropower plants in Bolivia.

He also said that a subsidiary of Russian state industrial corporation Rostec is taking part in a tender for reconstruction of an airport in Bolivia, while Russian Railways is interested in modernization of the Bolivian railway system.

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