"ARMAGROFORUM" SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OPENS IN ARMENIA

Arka News Agency, Armenia
Sept 22 2006

YEREVAN, September 22. /ARKA/. Today in Armenia has opened
"Armagroforum" second international conference.

During the opening ceremony the RA Minister of Agriculture David
Lokyan said that the main target of the forum was to establish and
develop mutually beneficial cooperation between local and foreign
producers of agricultural goods.

"Thai forum will create necessary conditions and possibilities for
further the development of international cooperation in the agrarian
sphere", he said.

At the same time Lokyan emphasized that representatives of more than
35 countries, international organizations, educational centers of
the CIS countries, state structures of Armenia and representatives
of the Diaspora took part in the forum.

The U.N. resident representative in Armenia Consuelo Vidal said
that "Armagroforum" could play a special role in the development of
agriculture in Armenia.

In her words, the UNO in the scope of the UNDP and FAO programs,
contributed to the development of the agricultural sphere in Armenia
and intended to continue that activity in the future as well.

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