OREANDA-NEWS. February 14, 2014. Ukraine and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are expanding cooperation in the agricultural sector. In particular, Ukraine is interested in opening the market of the Kingdom for Ukrainian chicken, and increasing export of grain and oil.

The implementation of joint investment projects in agribusiness is also in the interests of both countries. This was discussed at a meeting of the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Prysyazhnyuk with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Ukraine Judiya Alhazal.

The perspective is cooperation between Ukraine and Saudi Arabia in sheep farming.

The sides also discussed issues related to the holding next meeting of the Intergovernmental Ukrainian-Saudi Commission for Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation on March 25-26, 2014 in Saudi Arabia.