PH Embassy and Czech Ministry of Agriculture Discuss Cooperation

(L to R) Attaché Kristine Yap, Minister and Consul General Indhira C. Bañares, Director Karolina Bartošová, Ambassador Eduardo R. Meñez, and Mr. Jan Holub at the Czech Ministry of Agriculture in Prague on 20 July 2023. (Prague PE photo)

PRAGUE 25 July 2023 - Following the bilateral meeting of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala at Malacañan Palace in Manila in early April 2023, wherein agriculture and food security was discussed as top priority for the Philippine Government, Philippine Ambassador to Czech Republic Eduardo Martin R. Meñez met with Ms. Karolina Bartošová, Director for Trade and International Cooperation of the Czech Ministry of Agriculture, in Prague on 20 July 2023.

Minister and Consul General Indhira C. Bañares, Agriculture Attaché Kristine Yap, and Mr. Jan Holub joined the meeting.

In their meeting, the officials discussed specific investment opportunities in the agricultural and fisheries sectors; fresh and processed food and beverage for trade; and cooperation in building institutions and capacities.

They also discussed improving connectivity between the Philippines and the Czech Republic to facilitate and secure food supply chains.

Total agricultural trade between the Philippines and the Czech Republic was USD7.04 million in 2022. END.

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