The Minister of Agriculture and Food Kiril Vatev discussed with the Ambassador of Japan to Bulgaria H.E. Hisashi Michigami the opportunities for strengthening business contacts between the two countries at a meeting at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
At a meeting in Brussels, the agriculture ministers of Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania discussed the imports of agricultural products from Ukraine.
The Minister of Agriculture and Food, Kiril Vatev, presented Bulgaria's position on the proposal for a Regulation on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques.
Minister of Agriculture and Food Kiril Vatev held an online meeting with EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski to discuss the State aid Temporary Framework regarding Russian aggression in Ukraine.
The application of scientific achievements such as new genomic techniques should not lead to a compromise with high safety standards in terms of human and animal health.
Bulgaria has received a letter from the European Commission, proposing to lift the ceiling to EUR 280,000 .
Minister of Agriculture and Food Kiril Vatev and EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner Stella Kyriakides discussed the efforts to combat African swine fever (ASF), animal welfare and the sustainable use of plant protection products at a meeting at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
Minister Kiril Vatev meeting a delegation of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Minister of Agriculture and Food Kiril Vatev discussed the possibilities for cooperation in the field of water management and irrigation at a meeting with the Ambassador of Israel to Bulgaria, Yosef Levi Sfari.
Minister of Agriculture and Food Kiril Vatev and Levin Flake, Regional Agricultural Counselor for Eastern Europe in charge of Bulgaria, Romania, Poland and the Baltic States at the US Embassy in Warsaw, discussed the opportunities to increase trade in agricultural products.