Serbia and Israel signed contract on cooperation in field of agriculture

The governments of Serbia and Israel signed the Agreement today (October 26, 2009) in Belgrade on cooperation in the field of agriculture, which is going to create conditions for larger scope of exchange of agricultural-food products between the two countries.

The Agreement was signed by the ministers of agriculture of Serbia and Israel, Saša Dragin and Šalom Simhon, respectively.

The Agreement will also enable cooperation in the fields of education, expert study travels, exchange of experiences and results of scientific researches, etc.

The Minister of Agriculture of Serbia, Saša Dragin, said that the exchange of agricultural goods between the two countries could be increased and that it had not reached its maximum yet. He also said that the value of last year's exchange of agricultural-food products between Serbia and Israel amounted to 9m USD, and that Serbia had registered small surplus of about 200,000 USD.

Vlada Republike Srbije

Ministarstvo poljoprivrede, šumarstva i vodoprivrede Republike Srbije

Government of Israel

Ministry of Agriculture of Israel

Saša Dragin

Šalom Simhon