Kazakh helicopter manufacturer, Eurocopter Kazakhstan Engineering, has
signed a memorandum with Mongolia on services exports, the National Export and
Investment Agency KAZNEX INVEST said on Monday.

Under the agreement, the company will maintain EC145 helicopters in Mongolia
provide advice and technical support as well as train flight crew.

The commercial director of Eurocopter Kazakhstan Engineering, Karybay
Ablezov, said the company, as the only manufacturer of EC145 helicopters in the
CIS, has the ability to deliver its products to neighbouring countries such as
Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Belarus and
Azerbaijan.

“It also gives us the exclusive right to provide services in these markets
and develop additional export routes,” Ablezov said.

KAZNEX INVEST plans to assist in the delivery of helicopters abroad.

Eurocopter Kazakhstan Engineering is a joint venture of the Franco-German
company Eurocopter and Kazakhstan Engineering JSC. The design capacity of the
plant is for 12 helicopters a year. During the next six years it is expected to
increase the localisation of production to 30 per cent.