Istanbul: Pakistan and Türkiye have reached an agreement to enhance their cooperation in the livestock sector, focusing on areas such as Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) control, vaccine manufacturing, livestock development, and meat exports.
According to Radio Pakistan, this understanding was established during a meeting between Pakistan’s Minister for National Food Security and Research, Rana Tanveer Hussain, and Türkiye’s Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Ibrahim Yumakli, held in Türkiye. Minister Hussain emphasized Pakistan’s commitment to setting up facilities for manufacturing FMD vaccines within a year. Additionally, he outlined Pakistan’s aim to export meat to Türkiye upon the successful establishment of an FMD-free zone.