Illustrative file photo of vegetables in a supermarket, March 6, 2012. It does not show Syrian exports or products approved for shipment to Saudi Arabia. Photo: Daderot/Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0. Photo source · License.
Syrian agriculture officials and the Syrian-Saudi Business Council discussed measures to expand farm exports and agricultural investment at a meeting in Damascus on Tuesday, the Agriculture Ministry said.
The talks covered sorting and packaging, standards required by export markets, transport and transit charges, laboratory capacity and food-safety certification, according to a statement carried by SANA.
Participants also examined opportunities to export Awassi sheep and ways to identify investment priorities among assets affiliated with the ministry.
Council chairman Haytham Joud presented a proposed four-year program aimed at increasing production, exports and employment. The report described a proposal, without announcing an agreed budget or launch date.
Source: SANA
