Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has held high-level bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Malaysia, Timor-Leste and Myanmar. The meeting was held yesterday on the sidelines of the 9th ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry in New Delhi.
During his meeting with Malaysia’s Agriculture and Food Security Minister Malaysia Mohamed Bin Sabu, Mr. Chouhan noted the importance of sharing knowledge, expertise and best practices. The Minister also expressed interest in strengthening collaboration in joint agricultural research, technology and innovation. During the meeting both the Ministers noted that bilateral issues relating to germplasm exchange, trade, and market access could be addressed through mutual cooperation to strengthen the close and strong partnership between India and Malaysia in Agriculture and related issues.
Timor Leste’s Agriculture Minister, Mr. Marcos Da Cruz, expressed interest in building strong institutional mechanisms between both sides to address various challenges in Agriculture and ensuring food security for the nation. Mr Chouhan, reiterated the commitment of the Government of India to share its best practices to support Timor Leste in advancing their agriculture research and innovation capabilities through exchange of scientists and experts, and human resource development.
Meanwhile, Mr Chouhan held a meeting with the Agriculture Minister of Myanmar, Min Naung. During the meeting, the Minister noted that the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two countries is at an advanced stage of finalisation for strengthening the cooperation in agriculture and allied sectors. Both sides also discussed the trade potential between two nations and noted that a strong partnership between both sides in mutually identified areas will help each other in enhancing trade in agriculture-related goods such as pulses, cotton, dairy development and agriculture education.
