18 Jul 2012 19:15

MAZ-Kamaz truck JV talks at advanced stage - Medvedev

MINSK. July 18 (Interfax) - Talks on the formation of a joint venture between Russian and Belarusian truck makers MAZ and Kamaz are at an advanced stage, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told a press conference following a meeting of the Union State's Council of Ministers in Minsk.

"I consider the enterprise, its creation to be at an advanced stage, the positions of the sides are largely agreed. There are of course issues that require further adjustment," Medvedev said.

The process of forming the joint venture is complex because it has to cater for the interests of the Belarusian state, of Russia's Kamaz and of Germany's Daimler, which is a Kamaz shareholder, he said.

"So this is a fairly complex negotiating process which I hope will be rounded off in the relatively short term," he said.