Egypt, Hungary discuss boosting cooperation in agricultural domains

Egypt, Hungary discuss boosting cooperation in agricultural domains

Rice agriculture in Egypt - Photo by Hussein Tallal





CAIRO - 5 March 2021: Agriculture Minister El Sayyed el Qusair discussed Thursday with Hungary's New Ambassador in Cairo András Kovács means of boosting the bilateral ties, especially in the agricultural domains.





El Qusair praised the deep-historic tines binding Egypt and Hungary, adding that the Agriculture Minister is eager on reinforcing such cooperation in the fields of fish farming, livestock and pourtly production.



The minister cited that Egypt achieved the self-sufficiency in pourtly, and plans to exports the surplus in both pourtly and fish.



For his side, the Hungarian diplomat expressed his country's readiness to cooperate with Egypt in the fields of irrigation and seeds production among others.



The two sides agreed on forming a taskforce for probing the means of cooperation and outlining the suitable framework for implementing the cooperation plans.