OREANDA-NEWS. October 21, 2008. The Ukrainian government is going to initiate School Bus Program in Azerbaijan.

Miroslav Blashchuk, the head of the trade and economic mission of the Ukrainian Embassy in Azerbaijan, said that the Ukrainain Embassy hopes School Bus Program will be successful in Baku as well.

“We have very interesting proposals which we have submitted to the Heydar Aliyev Fund. The latter and the Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan backed us,” Blashchuk said.

“Bogdan” buses on the basis of which the program will be realized are assembled in Ukraine with Nissan engine.

Sales of “Bogdan” buses in Azerbaijan have made 170 buses by the present.

“Bogdan” buses are used for both intracity and long-distance routes of the country.