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AZERBAIJANI REPRESENTATIVE PARTICIPATES IN MEETING OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL COUNCIL
Azerbaijani Deputy Minister of Agriculture Aslan Aslanov attended the meeting of the CIS Intergovernmental Council for the Agrarian and Industrial Complex held in Chisinau, Moldova.
The meeting discussed food security, establishment of the sugar market, potato, fruit business and other issues.
During the meeting, Aslanov noted President Ilham Aliyev signed the state program on providing the population with food in 2008-2015. According to him, a new phase of agrarian reforms has started in Azerbaijan. Agrarian reforms include not only increasing the agricultural output but also applying new technologies, raising the quality of goods and productivity. He gave an insight into the targets of the state program on food security.