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Morocco, Russia to strengthen cooperation in agriculture, fisheries

Morocco, Russia to strengthen cooperation in agriculture, fisheries
Morocco’s minister of agriculture and sea fisheries, Aziz Akhannouch, reviewed with Russian agriculture minister, Nikolai Fiodorov and chairman of the Russian fisheries Agency, means to consolidate bilateral cooperation in agriculture and sea fisheries.

The Russian agriculture minister told reporters that the meeting, taking place on the eve of the Moroccan-Russian joint commission, “means to deepen strategic ties between the two countries.”

He also recalled that statistics for the 2013-2014 period show that “Russian imports of Moroccan produce increased by 40%”, noting that Russians are fond of Moroccan citrus fruits and fish.

After praising Moroccans’ respect for conditions of food, animal and plant security, he called for improving exchanges and “mutually beneficial” cooperation and reinforcing contacts between the two countries economic operators.

The two ministers insisted on the need to carry on efforts to improve scientific and technical cooperation to monitor the deep sea ecosystem and reinforce mutually-profitable cooperation in associated industries.

As much as 97% of Moroccan exports to Russia consist of agriculture and fisheries products. Russia is the 2nd largest market of Moroccan agro-food products with 6.3%, after the European Union (62.7%).

Citrus fruits make 71% of the Moroccan produce exports to Russia, followed by sea products (15%) and Tomatoes (12%).