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ISLAMABAD (February 18 2010): Pakistan and Sudan will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in agriculture sector to take maximum advantage of each others experience, said Federal Minister Nazar Mumhammad Gondal. The MoU would include sharing of scientific and technical information with Sudan through Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) in crop and social sciences sectors, he added.
Sudanese have also shown interest in purchasing agriculture machinery and equipments from Pakistan. Nazar Muhammad Gondal said this while talking to the Sudanian Ambassador to Pakistan Mohammed Omer Musa, who called on him here on Wednesday. The minister stated that Pakistan was willing to cooperate with Sudan in agriculture sector. He said that there was a huge potential of close co-operation for promotion of trade between the two countries.
"Pakistan is ready to help and assist the brotherly country in all possible ways. Both the countries are agriculture-based economies and Pakistan was producing surplus best quality rice in the world. There should be an exchange of delegations both in public and private sectors to identify the potential areas for enhancing trade", added the minister.
Gondal directed the ministry to speed up the work on the MoU to be signed in the near future. He offered Pakistan's best quality of Basmati rice to Sudan. It is pertinent to mention that Pakistan is currently facing severe sugar shortage, while Sudan produces surplus sugar and it could be imported.
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ISLAMABAD (February 18 2010): Pakistan and Sudan will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in agriculture sector to take maximum advantage of each others experience, said Federal Minister Nazar Mumhammad Gondal. The MoU would include sharing of scientific and technical information with Sudan through Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) in crop and social sciences sectors, he added.
Sudanese have also shown interest in purchasing agriculture machinery and equipments from Pakistan. Nazar Muhammad Gondal said this while talking to the Sudanian Ambassador to Pakistan Mohammed Omer Musa, who called on him here on Wednesday. The minister stated that Pakistan was willing to cooperate with Sudan in agriculture sector. He said that there was a huge potential of close co-operation for promotion of trade between the two countries.
"Pakistan is ready to help and assist the brotherly country in all possible ways. Both the countries are agriculture-based economies and Pakistan was producing surplus best quality rice in the world. There should be an exchange of delegations both in public and private sectors to identify the potential areas for enhancing trade", added the minister.
Gondal directed the ministry to speed up the work on the MoU to be signed in the near future. He offered Pakistan's best quality of Basmati rice to Sudan. It is pertinent to mention that Pakistan is currently facing severe sugar shortage, while Sudan produces surplus sugar and it could be imported.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2010