Ukraine, Turkmenistan sign agreement on agriculture cooperation

16:00, 30.10.2015 1 min read

An agreement between the governments of Ukraine and Turkmenistan on agriculture cooperation was signed on October 29 during the visit of a Ukrainian delegation headed by the president of Ukraine.

"We've signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in agriculture, because we see great potential in different areas. The most basic sphere and we are working in it, is education," Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food Oleksiy Pavlenko said during his visit to Turkmenistan.

According to him, the second area of cooperation with Turkmenistan is agricultural sciences.

"There is a considerable interest in our selection, for instance, selection of durum wheat, plus biosecurity, irrigation, and others. With regard to irrigation, we are interested in the experience of Turkmenistan because five regions in the south of Ukraine are in need of irrigation systems," the minister added.

Pavlenko said he was concerned over the decline in monetary terms in the majority of commodity trade groups between the two countries.