International Centre for wildlife disease control will be built in Bulgaria. Today an agreement was signed for the establishment of this center at a ceremony in Pravets. Signatures under the document put the Minister of Agriculture and Food Dr. Miroslav Naydenov and President of the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) Bernard Lozé. The event was attended by Director General of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Bernard Vallat. "This is great recognition for our country and a possibility of raising the diagnostics level of game," said Minister Naydenov after signing of the document.
Bulgarian government will participate in this project by providing a building, while equipment and technical assistance will be provided by the CIC. A clarification of technical details is expected to be made, he added. This project will be implemented and it will not exist only on paper, assured Minister Naydenov. In his words the project is"doomed to success."
Bulgaria is the best place for building an international center for control over wildlife diseases, because Bulgaria is known for its good attitude towards game, International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) President Bernard Lozé said after signing an agreement about the center construction.
I would like to express our great gratitude to the Bulgarian government for receiving this center. In this way we establish very good contacts between the organizations, Bernard Lozé told journalists.
“The relations between Bulgaria and CIC date back to long, long ago. When OIE Director General Bernard Vallat, professor Nikola Belev, president of the commission for Europe, and I discussed the Bulgarian government’s proposal to build a center and we decided that Bulgaria is the best place for it, most of all because Bulgaria is a good example and good place which has a good attitude to game and these traditions date back to years ago,” said Bernard Lozé.
President of the OIE Regional Representation for Eastern Europe Prof. Nikola Belev said that our country is selected among 50-60 countries, candidates for the project and was chosen because of its large contribution to animal health worldwide. 178 countries are OIE members, he reminded.
Bulgarian government will participate in this project by providing a building, while equipment and technical assistance will be provided by the CIC. A clarification of technical details is expected to be made, he added. This project will be implemented and it will not exist only on paper, assured Minister Naydenov. In his words the project is"doomed to success."
Bulgaria is the best place for building an international center for control over wildlife diseases, because Bulgaria is known for its good attitude towards game, International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) President Bernard Lozé said after signing an agreement about the center construction.
I would like to express our great gratitude to the Bulgarian government for receiving this center. In this way we establish very good contacts between the organizations, Bernard Lozé told journalists.
“The relations between Bulgaria and CIC date back to long, long ago. When OIE Director General Bernard Vallat, professor Nikola Belev, president of the commission for Europe, and I discussed the Bulgarian government’s proposal to build a center and we decided that Bulgaria is the best place for it, most of all because Bulgaria is a good example and good place which has a good attitude to game and these traditions date back to years ago,” said Bernard Lozé.
President of the OIE Regional Representation for Eastern Europe Prof. Nikola Belev said that our country is selected among 50-60 countries, candidates for the project and was chosen because of its large contribution to animal health worldwide. 178 countries are OIE members, he reminded.