Armenia and FAO will sign an agreement on expanding cooperation

ArmInfo. Armenia and the  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will  sign an agreement on expanding cooperation. The press service of the  Ministry of Agriculture of Armenia reports.

"This agreement allows to simplify the implementation of further  programs, and will also become the basis for more large-scale  programs and attracting investments," said the head of the  agricultural industry of Armenia, Ignaty Arakelyan, during a meeting  with the FAO deputy director, FAO regional representative in Europe  and Central Asia Vladimir Rakhmanin.

"Closer cooperation with Armenia is the most important in terms of  countering global challenges, in particular those related to climate  changes, which can lead to the development of diseases in plants and  animals, the urbanization of the population," he said. During the  meeting, the parties discussed current support programs implemented  in Armenia, which has been a member of FAO since 1993.