Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, Mohammed Hassan Qatana, discussed with Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD) Director General, Ibrahim al-Dukhairi, and WFP (World Food Programme) Representative and Country Director in Syria Kenneth Crossley, prospects of the existing cooperation and supporting farmers and agricultural sector in general in the country.  Qatana, during a meeting held at the Damascus-based WFP office, attached great importance to the cooperation and networking among the organizations operating in Syria to carry out development and early recovery projects as well as achieving integration and sustainability.  Al-Dukhairi, for his part, hailed the existing cooperation and the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) inked between WFP office and AOAD, stressing the importance of the continuous coordination especially in the domain of early recovery and livelihood support, with the need for expanding the agricultural activities.  In the same context, Crossley talked about the substantial consensus between WFP strategy and the Sustainable Agricultural Development Strategy Towards 2030 along with their priorities, the issue that encourages all parties to be within one path and goal.  Crossley voiced WFP readiness to cooperate with AOAD for carrying out the development projects in Syria especially after the MoU signed in Cairo. (ICE BEIRUT)

Fonte notizia: Syrian Arab News Agency