Ukraine has offered Libya to expand cooperation in the farm sector and implement a project to grow, store and ship up to four million tons of grain a year, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said.
"We want to offer you an integrated project which will encompass a range of activities starting from production to the transportation up to four million tonnes grain [a year]," she said while opening talks in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Monday.
Tymoshenko said that Ukraine had proposed that Libya should consider the possibility of farming at 100,000 hectares of land, and that it has already found sites for placing grain elevators.
"Also, initially we would like to propose there be a special zone at a port for grain shipment," she added.
Tymoshenko noted that this project could include measures in cattle breeding as well.
According to her, Tripoli could use the project both for the procurement of grain for Libya and for exporting it from Ukraine to other countries.
