The Embassy of Lithuania in Moldova and the State Food and Veterinary Service of Lithuania signed an agreement within the program to develop cooperation and promote democracy in a move to implement the project “Consolidation of institutional capacities for monitoring, eradicating and controlling contagious diseases in animals”. The goal of the project is to offer assistance to the National Food Safety Agency, IPN reports.

In a press release, the Embassy of Lithuania says the assistance will consist in building the administrative and institutional capacities, especially by reorganizing and strengthening of the legal framework for controlling and combating the African swine fever. The project will include fact-finding visits by specialists of the National Food Safety Agency to Lithuania and training sessions staged by Lithuanian experts for Moldovan colleagues.

Thus, 60 veterinarians will be familiarized with Lithuania’s progress in implementing legislation to regulate the African swine fever and will obtain theoretical knowledge of combating hotbeds of this contagious disease. During July 25 – 28, two specialists of the Agency will be paying a visit to Lithuania to present the experience of this European country in controlling, eradicating and preventing African swine fever.