The Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Roman Leshchenko signed an Agreement on Cooperation with the Company`s “Special group for trading and investment” Head of the Board of Directors Dr Mohammed Assad.

The Minister said “Egypt is a strategic partner in the development of food safety and agro-industrial spheres. Any kind of cooperation deems valuable for us and the Minagropolicy devoted to assist our new partners and deepen cooperation.”

During the meeting the parties discussed increasing of bilateral trade with the Arab Republic of Egypt, particularly grains, forage and fertilizers as well as investments in the agrarian infrastructure. 

Representatives of the company are convinced that Ukraine to become an agrarian hub for Europe which would make possible to combine the resource potential of Ukraine with logistical capacity of the partners. 

Dr Mohammed Assad underlined that the new grain port currently being built in Egypt in cooperation with the Ukrainian companies based on the Ukrainian technologies.

Dr Assad convinced that this project is just a beginning. He emphasized that Egypt is a center for supply of agrarian products in the East because we strive to invest in grain and agriculture in Ukraine.