Vietnamese delegation at the Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry Plus Three (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) of the ASEAN Ministers on Agricultureand Forestry Plus Three (AMAF +3) opened in Hanoi on October 10 to prepare forthe 18th meeting of AMAF +3 slated for October 12.
In opening the SOM +3, Director of the InternationalCooperation Department under Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment Tran Kim Long said the ASEAN Plus Three strategy on cooperation infood, agriculture and forestry in 2011-2015 had been successfully implemented.Therefore, the AMAF and the Ministers of Agriculture of China, Japan and the Republicof Korea (AMAF +3) have decided to launch a strategy for 2016-2025.
Long noted that the new strategy is designed topromote joint actions towards the goal of ensuring food security and people’slife, while encouraging sustainable development in agriculture and forestry,increasing trade in agricultural and fishery products, and addressingdifficulties and challenges facing ASEAN +3 countries in the fields.
The official appreciated cooperative projects launchedby ASEAN +3 to assist member countries in realising development targets such asbuilding capacity, narrowing development gap, reducing poverty and bolsteringtrade in agricultural, forestry and fishery products among ASEAN +3 countries.
The SOM listened to reports on ASEAN +3 cooperation infood, agriculture and forestry, and discussed a protocol revising the agreementon ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR). The meeting alsoconsidered the content of a Memorandum of Understanding between ASEAN and Chinaon cooperation in agriculture and food, and another MoU between ASEAN and theUN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on enhancing cooperation inagriculture and forestry, which are scheduled to be signed on October 12.-VNA
In opening the SOM +3, Director of the InternationalCooperation Department under Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment Tran Kim Long said the ASEAN Plus Three strategy on cooperation infood, agriculture and forestry in 2011-2015 had been successfully implemented.Therefore, the AMAF and the Ministers of Agriculture of China, Japan and the Republicof Korea (AMAF +3) have decided to launch a strategy for 2016-2025.
Long noted that the new strategy is designed topromote joint actions towards the goal of ensuring food security and people’slife, while encouraging sustainable development in agriculture and forestry,increasing trade in agricultural and fishery products, and addressingdifficulties and challenges facing ASEAN +3 countries in the fields.
The official appreciated cooperative projects launchedby ASEAN +3 to assist member countries in realising development targets such asbuilding capacity, narrowing development gap, reducing poverty and bolsteringtrade in agricultural, forestry and fishery products among ASEAN +3 countries.
The SOM listened to reports on ASEAN +3 cooperation infood, agriculture and forestry, and discussed a protocol revising the agreementon ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR). The meeting alsoconsidered the content of a Memorandum of Understanding between ASEAN and Chinaon cooperation in agriculture and food, and another MoU between ASEAN and theUN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on enhancing cooperation inagriculture and forestry, which are scheduled to be signed on October 12.-VNA
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