Iran, India hold first joint committee on agriculture
Iran and India held a joint agricultural committee to facilitate exports of agricultural products and address issues such as quarantine requirements and customs barriers.
Agriculture and trade officials from the two countries took part in the first joint agricultural committee in New Delhi, months after Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the sidelines of a BRICS summit, called for closer economic and trade ties in non-sanctioned sectors, IRNA reported.
Discussions centered around ways to promote agricultural cooperation between Iran and India and the necessity of conducting research on related topics such as herbal medicine, tropical fruits, greenhouse products, pesticides and disease control as well as tariffs and customs barriers.
During the meeting, the two sides put forth their proposals on how to develop relations in the agriculture sector and food industry.
The preliminary agreement on the joint committee was worked out in September, when Alireza Peyman-Pak, Iran’s deputy Agriculture Minister in charge of trade and market regulation, visited New Delhi to discuss cooperation in the agriculture sector with Indian officials.