Ammon News - Minister of Agriculture Khaled Hanifat and North Macedonia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Bujar Osmani on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding in the agricultural field.

This memorandum is considered the beginning of cooperation between Jordan and North Macedonia in the fields of exchanging agricultural products and expertise and encouraging agricultural investment. It will also serve as a framework for future cooperation and coordination between the two countries.

Talks were held on the sidelines of the signing during which the two ministers agreed to work towards increasing cooperation in the agricultural sector.

Hanifat said that the Kingdom has "friendly relations" with North Macedonia, a country through which, he indicated, Jordanian exports can flow into European markets.

For his part, Osmani said his country is looking forward to upping trade, exchanging expertise in the field of agriculture, attracting investments and increasing cooperation between the chambers of industry and commerce, stressing the importance of agricultural cooperation with Jordan in North Macedonia, where agriculture constitutes 20 percent of its gross domestic product.