Egyptian and Russian Agriculture Ministers; Essam Fayed and Aleksandr Tkachev respectively

Egyptian and Russian Agriculture Ministers; Essam Fayed and Aleksandr Tkachev respectively, had talks here on means of enhancing bilateral cooperation, especially in the agricultural domain.

The talks tackled means of increasing agricultural exports and imports between the two sides.

Fayed invited Tkachev to visit Egypt as soon as possible within this context.

Fayed also had talks with the head of the Russian Grain Union on means of removing all obstacles hampering an increase of exports between the two sides.

Fayed also discussed means of holding an international agricultural forum in Sharm el Sheikh.

Source: MENA