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Kyrgyz minister visits Tehran to discuss agricultural cooperation

Xinhua, February 20, 2017 Adjust font size:

The agriculture minister of Kyrgyzstan arrived in Tehran on Sunday to discuss the boost of cooperation with Iranian officials and enterprisers, semi-official Fars news agency reported.

Murashev Nurbek Murpazylzhanovich, the minister for Agriculture, Food Security and Land Reclamation of the Kyrgyz Republic, visited at the invitation of his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Hojjati, Fars said.

Extra-territorial cultivation, joint ventures for production of chemical fertilizers, construction of greenhouses and creation of drip irrigation systems are among the areas of cooperation on the agenda of the meetings between the official of two countries in Tehran.

Murpazylzhanovich is heading a high-ranking delegation and during the four-day stay, they will visit a number of animal husbandry centers, processing, finishing and feed industries as well as Iran's Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute.

The two countries trade in agriculture and capital goods. Iran mainly exports clothing, nuts, paints and flooring to Kyrgyzstan and imports meat, grain and steel scraps.

Iran and Kyrgyzstan also collaborate in the spheres of education, culture, travel, customs, finances, war on trafficking and crime in general. The two countries have signed agreements on cooperation in transport, customs, trade and economic relations. Endit