Collaboration with Israel for boosting agro commercialization-CM Nepali

KATHMANDU: JUNE 30 – Chief Minister of Gandaki State, Krishna Chandra Nepali has expressed readiness to collaborate with Israel to boost up commercialization by producing competent human resources in the agriculture sector.

In a meeting with the Israeli Ambassador to Nepal, Hanan Goder, in Pokhara on Tuesday, CM Nepali said the Gandaki State Government has been sending youth farmers to Israel for training and this would also continue in the coming fiscal year.

Nepal and Israel have diplomatic relations of glorious 60 years, Nepali said, adding the relations was established on the initiative of the then Prime Minister BP Koirala.

It was BP Koirala who took the initiative to import competent human resources from Israel to promote cooperatives in Nepal. “The two friendly countries have cordial relations from these historical connections”.

On the occasion, Ambassador Goder also highlighted the cordial ties between Nepal and Israel and also noted that there are more opportunities to bring these ties to a new height. He said through both the countries are small by geography they are rich in terms of language, culture, and traditions.

Currently, as many as 500 youth farmers from all seven states are in Israel in course of attaining the training.

Also, present on the occasion were Vice-Chairperson of Gandaki State Policy and Planning Commission Dr. Raghuraj Kafle and acting secretary of the state Ramchandra Dhakal.