Cyprus’ Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Costas Kadis held bilateral meetings with his Egyptian counterparts, Minister of Agriculture Al Sayed Al Qusair and Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad, on the sidelines of the First Cyprus-Egypt Intergovernmental Meeting, held in Cairo, last Saturday.
The meetings focused on deepening cooperation between the two countries in the fields of agricultural research, aquaculture and tackling pollution at sea, a press release from the Press and Information Office said on Monday.
Kadis agreed with his Egyptian counterpart responsible for agriculture to expand existing cooperation in the cultivation of olive trees in Egypt by deploying a team of Cypriot experts to provide technical assistance on olive cultivation management.
Source: Cyprus News Agency