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Today, Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis and Minister for Agriculture Jānis Dūklavs held a meeting with Minister for Agriculture of Estonia Helir – Valdor Seeder, Minister for Agriculture of Lithuania Kazys Starkevičius and Minister for Agriculture and Food of Belarus Semyon Shapiro to discuss future trends of cooperation in agriculture. The Minister for Agriculture of Latvia Jānis Dūklavs informed about the four countries’ Memorandum that was signed today and provides for more favorable conditions for cooperation in agriculture between the countries. It will be based on equality and mutual benefit, by aligning the legislation and through the exchange of information and practical projects. The Prime Minister emphasized: "The Memorandum that was signed today will promote the cooperation in a very substantial sector of national economy for all four countries - agriculture".
The Minister for Agriculture and Food of Belarus Semyon Shapiro thanked the Minister for Agriculture of Latvia Jānis Dūklavs for the initiative, which was expressed during his visit to Minsk, to bring together the Ministers for Agriculture of three Baltic countries and Belarus not only to discuss the issues and current events of the sector, but also to outline certain tasks to be performed in the future.
The Minister for Agriculture and Food of Belarus noted that Belarus has the practical experience in production of full range of agricultural machinery and it would be interested in creating joint enterprises with Latvia. Minister Shapiro called on to help the professionals in agriculture of Latvia and other Baltic countries, to provide practical experience in the area of certification of agricultural product processing companies and companies producing agricultural machinery in order to ensure sales opportunities for agricultural products of Belarus in the EU market.
The Minister for Agriculture of Lithuania Kazys Starkevičius expressed his gratitude for active mutual cooperation in agriculture and fisheries in the European Union in Brussels among the three Baltic countries, Finland and Poland, but today a new model of cooperation among the three Baltic countries and Belarus was activated.
The Minister for Agriculture of Estonia Helir – Valdor Seeder stressed that currently there is an active cooperation with Latvia in the area of agriculture, which has a tendency to increase. The minister also informed that there are three main priorities in the next year's budget of Estonia, one of them being agriculture.
The photos of the Prime Minister's meeting with Ministers for Agriculture are available in the Internet photo album of the State Chancellery:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/valstskanceleja/sets/72157622808753173/\
Aivis Freidenfelds
Press Secretary to the Cabinet of Ministers
Phone. 67082922/29241016
E-mail: prese@mk.gov.lv
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