YEREVAN. – The Minister of Agriculture of Armenia, Sergo Karapetyan, on Wednesday met with the Council of Europe Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations official, Mathieu Bousquet.

The Ministry of Agriculture informed Armenian News-NEWS.am that the interlocutors discussed the Eastern Neighbourhood budgetary support programs for agriculture and rural development in Armenia.

Karapetyan stressed the importance of Organic Agriculture Support Initiative, and noted that the cooperatives’ creation program has been a success in Armenia.

In addition, the parties conferred on the prospects for further bilateral cooperation in agriculture.

The Armenian minister expressed a conviction that Armenia’s cooperation with the European Union will continue to develop in the agrarian sector.