Today, Mrs. Kader has accompanied the Minister Abdulsattar Majeed with
his delegation to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry.
The talks between the Undersecretary Giuseppe Castiglione, and the
Agriculture Minister of Kurdistan Regional Government, Abdulsattar
Majeed focused on the fruitful cooperation existing between their
respective countries.
Majeed thanked the Italian Government for the valuable work that
continues to play, especially on the humanitarian side, for the
stabilization of the area, severely threatened by ISIS, and for the
support to the peshmerga forces and the entire Kurdish people.
The areas of collaboration were: storage and packaging of food
products, the development of agribusinesses and the supply of
agricultural machinery.
"In addition to the good cooperation relationship, there is a
strong cultural bond that links the two countries - said Castiglione -
the humanitarian support provided by the Italian Government in this
period of crisis is very important and it is our intention to promote
forms of collaboration with the Kurdistan Region for the development
of the economy in order to create jobs in agric-food sector.
It would be appropriate to assess the possibility of creating
supporting projects in science and technology, involving our technical
and research institutions, which can make available know-how and
agricultural machinery, in order to encourage Italians investments in
the Kurdistan Region ".
