TIRANA, Feb  17 /ATA/ Albania and North Macedonia aim to strengthen cooperation between them in the field of financial support for the rural sector.

General Director of the Agency for Agricultural and Rural Development, Eranda Selmanaj, received on Friday in Tirana in a meeting the delegation of the Agency for Financial Support in Agriculture and Rural Development of the Republic of North Macedonia.

Selmanaj said that, with the Deputy Director of the counterpart Agency of North Macedonia, Remzi Abdullahi and the respective staff, we discussed the finalization of the IPA CBC project (cross-border cooperation), which will improve the conditions, infrastructure and logistics of the two institutions.

“Three cross-border municipalities will benefit information centers for farmers or businesses, as well as the opportunity to exchange information and knowhow between the two countries,” the director of ARDA said.

According to her, the cooperation will continue with the signing of the agreement between the agencies of both countries with view to strengthening inter-institutional cooperation to the benefit of agriculture and rural development.

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