ASEAN+3 steps up agricultural cooperation
(VOVworld) - ASEAN+3 (China, Japan and South Korea) countries have agreed on a joint approach in an agricultural and forest products promotion scheme for 2015-19, an official statement said on Thursday. According to the statement at the 14th meeting of ASEAN+3 Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry in Yangon Myanmar, ASEAN+3 countries reaffirmed the ASEAN+3 cooperation on food, agriculture and forestry as one of the main vehicles towards the long-term goal of building an East Asian community with ASEAN as the driving force and encouraged the plus three countries to continue supporting the implementation of the roadmap for an ASEAN Community 2009-2015 and contribute to the ASEAN Community Post - 2015 Vision. ASEAN agriculture ministers also encouraged Japan to expand its establishment of the Food Value Chain in some ASEAN member states through public-private partnership cooperation to a regional level.
The 13th meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry Plus Three. Photo: internet
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As chair of the meeting, Myanmar's Agriculture and Irrigation Minister, U Myint Hlaing, stressed the need for ASEAN+3 countries to closely supervise the various ongoing activities under the ASEAN+3 Cooperation Strategy Framework, urging the ASEAN+3 countries to closely cooperate with each other to tackle the challenges posed by natural and man-made disasters and the challenges of climate change to achieve the sustainability of natural resources.