Stefan Fule: Agricultural sector is strategically important for both Ukraine and the EU

During an extended meeting of Government’s members with the delegation of the European Commission with the participation of the EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Fule and EU Commissioner for Financial Programming and Budget Janusz Lewandowski the strategic importance of the agricultural sector in the European integration process was discussed.

During the meeting the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Ihor Shvaika noted that recognizing the key role of the agricultural sector in the process of European integration and in terms of the implementation of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, the Agriculture Ministry is working on the elaboration of clear and precise rules in the sector. Our task is to create the most favorable conditions in which agrarian business and government will work together.

"We understand the strategic importance of agriculture for both Ukraine and the European Union. We are ready to send to Ukraine experts of veterinary, sanitary and phytosanitary fields in order to improve these areas and to share the European experience so that Ukraine would able to export more to the European market of agricultural products," Stefan Fule noted.