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Quamrul off to Sochi to attend World Grain Forum

 New Nation
 Published: 12:00 AM, 18 November 2016

Food Minister Quamrul Islam left here for Russia on Wednesday night to attend the 2nd World Grain Forum-2016 scheduled to be begin in Sochi, a Russian city on the Black Sea coast, on Friday.
He is participating in the two-day meeting upon the invitation of the Russian Agriculture Minister, said a handout. The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation is going to arrange the forum.
The grain forum will focus on finding effective ways to reduce the negative impact of sanctions on the Russian economy, the creation of conditions for the formation of new strategic alliances, positioning of the European Economic Union as a new player on the world grain market, the development of international cooperation in the exchange of knowledge and technologies.