UNION Minister U Hla Moe of the Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development received a delegation led by Mr Sergey Shatirov, Supervisory Board Member of the Roscongress Foundation, at the Minister’s Reception Hall yesterday morning.

During the meeting, they held an open and cordial exchange of views on matters relating to the Myanmar–Russia cooperation project to construct a natural fertilizer factory, the status of the MoU for projects jointly undertaken by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, the Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development and the Roscongress Foundation, the trial cultivation of nine varieties of sunflower seeds supplied by Russia through agricultural cooperative associations, the ongoing efforts to enable the local production and use of foliar fertilizer, and arrangements to begin construction of the natural fertilizer factory in December and to complete it within one year.

The permanent secretary, directors-general and other responsible officials also attended the meeting.

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