Bulgaria and Israel in possible future aquaculture cooperation

Bulgaria and Israel are discussing cooperation in the area of aquaculture systems.

Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture and Foods Miroslav Naydenov said Israel is a global leader in the area of aquaculture systems, because they live in a region with a chronic lack of water.

Naydenov noted that the other sphere of cooperation is in the area of safety and quality of foods, adding that a special agency for food safety and quality will be established soon.

During his meetings in Israel this week, Naydenov has discussed the possibilities for Israeli investments in Bulgaria.

He explained, "Our agricultural land is bigger than the entire territory of Israel. We discussed joint projects, as we would provide the land, and Israel would provide the investments. We also discussed the sphere of high technologies, where Israel is also a lot more advanced than Bulgaria. We agreed to implement an operative control in order the Bulgarian companies working in Israel and the Israeli ones working in Bulgaria in the sphere of agriculture to take advantage of the administrative capacity."