Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Israel
On 27th October, Ambassador Gao Yanping met with Ms. Orit Noked, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of the State of Israel while Mr. Itzhak Ben-David, the Ministry's Deputy Director General, Mr. Ariel Regev, the Ministry's Director for Foreign Relations, Mr. Shai Dotan, the Director for Center of International Agricultural Development Cooperation(CINADCO), and Mr. Yeshayahu Stern, the Head of Agriculture Projects of CINADCO as well as Mr. Zhou Guolin, Science and Technology Counselor of the Embassy of China were present.
Minister Noked extended warm welcome to Ambassador Gao for her appointment as the new Chinese Ambassador to Israel. She said that she had visited China several times and was impressed by China's rapid economic development and marvellous achievements. She mentioned that agriculture is one of the most important cooperation areas and the achievements of Sino-Israel agricultural cooperation is satisfactory and encouraging. She noted that she had received many agricultural delegations from China. Minister Noked hoped to expand and deepen bilateral agricultural cooperation by means of cooperative projects, training courses and personnel exchanges on the existing basis of cooperation between China and Israel.
Ambassador Gao emphasized the good momentum of development of the bilateral relations ever since the establishment of the diplomatic relationship between China and Israel, the steady and substantial agricultural cooperation has not only expanded largely in terms of scales and outreaching but also made a brilliant accomplishment. Ambassador Gao said that Israel is very famous for its agricultural technologies, such as drip irrigation and dairy industry. China is a large agricultural country. Such features will bring broad prospects for further Sino-Israel agricultural cooperation. Ambassador Gao stressed that, with concerted efforts, the bilateral agricultural cooperation will not only make more achievements, but also enhance the friendly relations between China and Israel.
Ambassador Gao and Minister Noked also exchanged views on other issues of mutual concern.