BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN GREECE AND OTHER COUNTRIES
IN AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL SECTOR
 
COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (C.I.S.)
2. ARMENIA
The relations between Greece and Armenia, in agriculture, are regulated by the Co-operation Agreement signed in Yerevan (20.3.1997). The implementation phase began with 3 Memoranda, each of a biannual duration.
During the biennium 1997-98, the Greek side took on the following actions:

·        Planning and funding a training seminar for 20 experts from the Armenian Ministry of Agriculture, on issues concerning post harvest activities, standardization and marketing of agricultural products.

·        Shipment to Armenia of 1.000 tones of fertilizer (nitrate ammonia) 

·        Organising a visit of 4 experts from the Armenian Ministry of Agriculture to the Greek National Institution of Agricultural Research, with a view to a close co-operation on reforming the agricultural research in Armenia.
During the years 1999-2000, the Greek side implemented the following:

·        Planning and funding a training seminar for 20 experts from the Armenian Ministry of Agriculture on post harvest activities and marketing of the horticultural products;

·        Five (5) scholarships to graduates from the Armenian Agricultural University;

·        Shipment to Armenia of 5.000 tones of durum wheat in the framework of food aid (2nd semester of 1999);

·        Shipment to Armenia of 1.000 tonnes of fertiliser (nitrate ammonia).
During 2001 and 2002, only one action was implemented, that of granting 10 scholarships to graduates from the Armenian Agricultural Academy.
Finally, in December of 2003, the Greek side implemented one training seminar for 15 experts from the Armenian Ministry of Agriculture, on issues of processing, standardization and marketing of agricultural products.
 
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