Yerevan/Mediamax/.  The line for bottling of Armenian brandy opened in Minsk today.

The Byelorussian media outlets report that the \"Armenian Standard\" is founded by the Yerevan Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory and \"Belarustorg\" with 69% and 31% shares respectively.

The production capacities are meant for producing 200 thousand deciliters a year. Inputs for bottling are supplied from Armenia.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and owner of the Yerevan Brandy-Wine-Vodka factory, MP of the Armenian parliament Gagik Tsarukyan took part in the ceremony.

The first bottle of the production line was given to Lukashenko and he presented it to Tsarukyan.

\"It\'s for you because you are a man of your word- you did as you said. Let our officials always give the go-ahead to such people\", stated Lukashenko.