A delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry led by Minister Eduard Grama paid an official visit to Belarus where they discussed the cooperation relations in agriculture and the prospects of developing them, IPN reports.

In a press release, the Ministry says the discussions centered on the import of wine products to Belarus, the studying of the experience of growing animals and of recycling waste in the animal-breeding sector, the supply of crop seeds to Belarus and cooperation in the selection and amelioration of seeds.

Among the subjects discussed with Minister of Trade Vladimir Koltovich were the current bilateral cooperation in supplying alcohol and fruit and vegetables, participation in exhibitions and the possibility of founding a company in mutually advantageous conditions in Belarus. At the suggestion of Minister Eduard Grama, the Belarusian side assured that they will consider possibilities of increasing the quotas on the import of Moldovan wines.

The program of the visit included also a trip by the Moldovan delegation to the sparkling wines complex and the tractor factory in Minsk, and to a modern milk processing firm. The delegation also saw the social infrastructure of a rural settlement, the labs and experimental lots of the Scientific and Practical Center for Agriculture of the National Academy of Sciences Belarus.