ISLAMABAD: There is a huge potential for enhanced cooperation in the agricultural sector between Pakis­tan and South Korea and new avenues for mutual partnership in this regard must be explored, Minister for National Food Security and Research Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar said on Monday.

In a meeting with South Korean Ambassador Kwak Suing-Kyu, Bakhtyar discussed the ongoing desert locust situation in Pakistan. The envoy informed the minister that Korea will extend all possible cooperation to Pakistan to control locust swarms. Secretary National Food Security and Research, Dr Muhammad Hashim Popalzai was present during the meeting.

South Korea will establish a centre at the National Agriculture Centre to pursue sustainable mutual development in the agriculture sector. “A memorandum of understanding will soon be signed soon,” the envoy said.

Published in Dawn, March 10th, 2020