FAO Partnership and Liaison Office opens in Baku

Partnership and Liaison Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has today opened in Baku. Addressing the opening ceremony, minister of agriculture Heydar Asadov hailed Azerbaijan-FAO cooperation. He said FAO had implemented a number of projects in Azerbaijan, contributing to the modernization and development of agriculture. Head of Partnership and Liaison Office Mustafa Imir expressed confidence that the office would contribute to the development of agriculture in Azerbaijan, which he described as FAO`s partner and a new donor country. The ceremony also saw the signing of an agreement on FAO`s Seed Production Support Project in Azerbaijan.