AMMAN —
Minister of Agriculture, Khaled Hneifat on
Wednesday discussed with a delegation from the
Saudi Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Water, ways to increase agricultural crops and foodstuffs
exchange, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
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During a meeting with the Saudi undersecretary of the Ministry of Agriculture,
Environment and Water Ahmed bin Saleh Khomshi and his accompanying delegation,
Hneifat stressed the deep-rooted Jordanian-Saudi relations and the importance
of exchanging joint expertise to develop the agricultural sector in both
countries, lauding Saudi cooperation in all fields.
In turn, Khomshi pointed to
Saudi Arabia's keenness to develop agricultural
ties with Jordan and provide possible facilitations while maintaining safety
and quality requirements of agricultural products imported into Saudi Arabia.
Later, the secretary-general of the Ministry of Agriculture, Muhammad Hiyari,
and his Saudi counterpart, Ahmed bin Saleh Khomshi, held talks about common
interests, the most important being export obstacles and some procedures on the
two countries' borders.
Hiyari said Jordan lauds the Saudi Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and
Water's cooperation and their rapid response to some follow-ups from the
Jordanian Ministry of Agriculture, stressing the importance of developing means
of contact through a joint committee that solves difficulties and helps
maintain sustainable exports.
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