Profile ministers from various countries tackle agrarian potential of Ukraine and cooperation prospects
On April
23, in the framework of the II International Agroforum
Balticum in Tartu (Estonia), the Minister of Agrarian
Policy and Food of Ukraine Ihor Shvayka
took part in a session of the target group. The participants of the meeting
were chairmen of agrarian departments of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Georgia,
Finland, Belarus, Armenia, Sweden, Moldova, the Netherlands and members of
European Commission and FAO. The target discussion was dedicated to export
opportunities of the countries, trade relations and restrictions,
transformation of agrarian policies of the states, the role and places of the
development strategies.
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“The top
priority for the new Government is construction of predictable relations
based on mutually acceptable rules both within the country and with our international
partners. Ukraine targets development of dynamic relations between the
countries, maximal activation of cooperation basing on the pragmatic approach
to work,” Ihor Shvayka
stressed. The
Minister invited representatives of the Baltic states to deepen cooperation
in fishery. Moreover, he stressed Ukraine was concerned in creating joint
enterprises dealing with production and processing of products of vegetable
and animal origin. Ihor Shvayka singled out the development prospects for the
State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service. “The activity of the Service is
one of the most significant for the Ministry. It is of strategic importance
to preserve and intensify the authority of the State Veterinary and
Phytosanitary Service, to lead it to high level by applying European
experience and western standards. Just such approach is expected by Europe
from us to demonstrate and we are moving in this direction,” the Minister
emphasized. In addition,
in the framework of the mentioned international events the Minister met with
Deputy Director General of the World Trade Organization David Shark. They
discussed mechanisms of solving conflict issues in the WTO frames and ways of
intensifying cooperation between Ukraine and the Organization. The interlocutors
noted for Ukraine the top priority appeared the search of ways to protect
interests of the national producers who suffer from losses with the view to
certain actions by the Russian Federation. |