Kazakhstan and Slovakia intend to strengthen agricultural cooperation

BRATISLAVA, October 19, 2021 – Ambassador of Kazakhstan in Bratislava Roman Vassilenko and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Slovakia Samuel Vlčan discussed the prospects for further strengthening cooperation in the field of agriculture between the two countries at a meeting today.

The interlocutors noted cooperation between the two countries in this area has a great potential. Already today products like fertilizers, foodstuffs, wood pulp, industrial equipment, herbicides, medicines, printing products, textiles, etc. are among the main articles of the Kazakh-Slovak trade turnover. A substantive conversation about the prospects of cooperation in the field of new technologies of moisture retention in plant growing and forestry took place at the meeting. Mutual interest in scientific cooperation was also noted, including through the National Agricultural and Food Centre in Nitra.

The interlocutors further emphasized that forestry is one of the promising areas of cooperation, including within the framework of the Memorandum of cooperation, signed in October 2020 in Bratislava, between the Committee of Forestry and Wildlife of the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the state enterprise “LESY Slovenskej republiky”. 

Stressing that interaction within the framework of this memorandum will give impetus to the entire range of cooperation, Minister Vlčan expressed readiness of his ministry to further support new joint projects between the countries in this area.