January 2, 2025 - During his visit to Syria, Vitalii Koval, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, met with Dr Mohamed Al Ahmad, Minister of Agriculture.
"It was a very constructive meeting with our Syrian counterpart. We discussed a clear list of goods that the country needs. First of all, Syria is interested in livestock products - meat and dairy products. Also wheat, barley, oil, sugar and flour. Under the Assad regime, there were very high duties on the supply of products to Syria in order to control imports and profit from them," Vitaliy Koval said.
According to him, a joint working group will be set up at the level of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine and the Ministries of Economy and Trade and Agriculture of Syria to lift the duties on Ukrainian products and food.
In addition, the ministers discussed logistical ways to supply Ukrainian products to Syria and cooperation in the banking sector. They also identified the tasks that the two sides need to work on to make trade between Ukraine and Syria as comfortable and easy as possible in the field of agricultural supply and food security.
Vitalii Koval noted that Syria is also interested in technology transfer from Ukraine. In particular, in the field of land reclamation and hydraulic engineering, as most of the country's land needs irrigation. In addition, they discussed opportunities for mutual trade. From Ukraine - wheat, barley, oil, sugar and flour. From Syria - nuts and fruits.
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