Agriculture minister attending 13th Iran-Kyrgyzstan Joint
Economic Committee meeting

Iran’s Agriculture Minister Mohammad-Ali Nikbakht has
traveled to Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek to participate in the 13th
Iran-Kyrgyzstan Joint Economic Committee meeting on October 19-21.

Nikbakht is the Iranian chair of the joint committee and is
heading a high-ranking delegation to the country in order to meet with Kyrgyz
officials and attend the meeting.

Prior to the meeting, Nikbakht met and held talks with the
Kyrgyz economy and agriculture ministers and discussed ways of expanding ties
in various economic sectors.

Speaking in his meeting with the Kyrgyz Agriculture Minister
Askarbek Janybekov, Nikbakht said, “The value of trade between the two
countries was $78 million last year and $33 million this year, which is not a
significant figure considering the will of the high officials of the two
countries to develop relations.”

“We are ready to take action in
various fields to develop investment and trade between the two countries as
quickly as possible. Iran has successful experiences in the fields of
aquaculture and fisheries, modern irrigation methods, watershed management, and
greenhouse products, and we are willing to provide such experience to the
Kyrgyz side,” he added, according to Tehran Times.

The 12th Iran-Kyrgyzstan Joint Economic Committee meeting
was held in Tehran in early December 2019.