UAE, AOAD for boosting agricultural relations

The minister of agriculture and fishery in the United Arab Emirates Saeed al-Raqabani has discussed with the director general of the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD) Salem al-Louzi areas of cooperation between the UAE and the organization and the AOAD programs in the UAE for the current year.

Al-Raqabani stressed, in his capacity as the chairman of the board of the AOAD al-Raqabani stressed his support for the organization's efforts in strengthening inter Arab agricultural cooperation, adding that the organization has carried out tremendous efforts to provide technical expertise and studies for agricultural projects which proved successful in several Arab states. He underlined the importance of the results attained in the area in fighting the red virus of Palm and the project of livestock diseases.