Armenia and Georgia have agreed to strengthen inspections of imported and exported food products amid increased trade ahead of the New Year holidays.
The agreement was reached during a meeting between Tigran Petrosyan, head of Armenia’s Food Safety Inspection Body, and Giorgi Iakobashvili, head of Georgia’s National Food Agency under the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture.
The officials discussed improving the effectiveness of food safety, phytosanitary and veterinary controls, including inspections at border checkpoints.
They also addressed exports of Armenian plant and animal products to Georgia, their transit through Georgian territory to other countries, and measures to combat quarantine pests in both countries.
Both sides emphasized the importance of expanding cooperation in areas of mutual interest.
