Yemen, Syria initial agricultural cooperation protocol
The Source: SANA'A/ hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 10/07/2010
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The Yemeni Cooperative Agricultural Union and the General Union of Syrian Peasants initialed on Saturday a protocol of bilateral cooperation program in preparation for a final signing by the Yemeni-Syrian Joint Committee The program, signed by heads of the two unions, includes exchanging experiences, information, statistical bulletins and documents that concern the agricultural cooperative work in the two brotherly countries and enhancing aspects of agricultural training between them.
It focused on the importance of exchanging the agricultural products and searching for mechanisms to achieve that and avail from the strong relations between the two countries to strengthen the flow of goods and agricultural products between them.
In addition to, the program dealt with coordinating efforts and positions between the two unions in the different Arab and international forums on various issues to serve interests of the Arab farmers and the Arab nation.Also the program included discussing the possibility of establishing a joint Arab cooperative projects in various areas of agriculture to contribute to the development of agricultural sector in the two countries and enhance its role in achieving the food security.Head of the Syrian Peasants Union Hamad al-Saud and his accompanying delegation left Sana'a later on Saturday, after a several-day visit to Yemen.In a statement to Saba, al-Saud noted the importance of implementing what has been agreed upon between the two sides in order to improve and increase the agricultural production in the two countries and ensure the food security for the citizens of both countries.
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