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Turkey: Turkey and Spain sign coop agreement

2013/05/20

Turkish Minister of Agriculture, Food and Animal Breeding Mehdi Eker has signed a memorandum of considerate on technical, scientific and economic cooperation in agriculture with his Spanish counterpart Miguel Arias Canete as Turkish media reported.

"Turkey and Spain are two nations that work towards the advancement of democracy, human rights and freedoms in their own regions and around the world," Turkish Minister Eker said during the joint press conference held formerly the signing ceremony.

The agreement would provide sizable benefits to both nations, Eker said, which are by presently working together in International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM).

While the trade volume between the two nations had progressed satisfactorily in the last decade, reaching 9.7 billion USD in 2012, agricultural trade was far from reflecting the existing potential at 400 million USD, Eker said. Minister Canete said the two societies, which lived on the two ends of the Mediterranean, had remarkable experience in improving agricultural activities and using natural resources.

"The two nations need to share this experience to the benefit of both," Canete said. The protocol signed between the two nations involves cooperation in the fields of legislation on agriculture sector, modernization, products and markets, phytosanitary and border controls, veterinary measures, food quality control, animal breeding and welfare systems, renewable energy, energy saving, and rural development. 

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