Agriculture Minister returns home
The Source: SANA'A/hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 01/10/2010
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Agriculture and Irrigation Minister Mansour al-Hawshabi came back home on Friday after his participation in a meeting of senior officials from member states of the Organization of the Islamic Conference on food security, which concluded its work on Thursday in the Turkish city of Izmir.
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In a statement to Saba, the Yemeni minister said that the meeting had discussed the problem of food security and the challenges facing agriculture, rural development and the need for coordination and cooperation between the member states of the OIC on the promotion of food security.Al-Hawshabi also pointed to the importance of this meeting being held at a time the world is witnessing climate changes and economic and nutritional crises.
On the sidelines of the meeting, al-Hawshabi met with several officials of brotherly countries and discussed with them areas of mutual cooperation between Yemen and their countries, especially agricultural and food security.According to a statement of the OIC, the objectives of the meeting include evaluation of the outcomes of recent activities of the organization as preparations to the 26th session of COMCEC to be held on 5-8 October 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey.
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