Vladimir Kashin: it is important to Russia to enhance agricultural trade with BRICS states
Chairman of the Committee on Agricultural Issues noted that BRICS member states receive 30% of Russia’s export
“We have managed to restore an institute of agricultural attachés in many countries, including in BRICS
states. Earlier, we held a meeting of BRICS ministers of agriculture and discussed all the consistency of our work related to agricultural technologies,
genetics and selective breeding. There was
adopted a separate decision on seed production.
We continue our work in this fields also at the parliamentary
level,” said the Chairman of the Committee on Agrarian Issues Vladimir Kashin
Vladimir Ivanovich
at the press conference on the results of the 12th BRICS
International Parliamentary Forum held in New Delhi on October 26 and 27.
According to Vladimir Kashin, it is important to Russia to enhance agricultural trade with the member states of the association, “It is important for us when BRICS member states get our products. They receive more than 30% of our export, but we are ready to talk about bigger numbers,” stressed the parliamentarian.
Seed oil, fish, beans and some other food things, including products of deep processing, are among the most popular supplies.
“We continue to work on interaction system aimed at developing and adapting the achievements of India, including in science. Today they have quite a good system of underground irrigation, as it is a very good achievement, and systems for growing potato and vegetables. We have agreed to form our delegation and include heads of different institutions, but we have some problems, and we will discuss the visit of our group directly to India,” added Vladimir Kashin.
The Chairman of the State
Duma Vyacheslav Volodin
Vyacheslav Victorovich
Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (Elected in a single mandate electoral district № 164 – Saratov district, Saratov Oblast)
paid a working visit to the Republic on India from October 24 to October 27. He headed the Russian delegation at the 12th International
BRICS Parliamentary Forum. The main theme of the Forum was “Fostering
Parliaments for People-Centric Development”.
There was adopted a joint statement. The Forum participants noted the importance of providing legislative support for “strengthening strategic BRICS partnership and within the respective constitutional mandates and competencies of member Parliaments across all areas of cooperation.”
