The Signing Ceremony for

Memorandum of Understanding on Development Cooperation Program

10 September 2014, Buakaew Room, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 

           On Wednesday, 10 September 2014 at 12.00 hrs., Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand and Mr. Nissim Ben Shitrit, Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel, have signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Development Cooperation Program between Thailand International Development Cooperation Agency (TICA) and Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation (MASHAV), at Buakaew Room, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

           This MoU is the framework of development cooperation between Thailand and Israel, and extending to trilateral cooperation of Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Myanmar in the area of agriculture focus on human resource development. The training course on Greenhouse Crop Production and Management at the Agricultural Technology Complex at Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus will be conducted at the first quarter of 2015 as the first activity under this MoU.

           This MoU is the result of the discussion between the Director - General of Thailand International Development Cooperation Agency and Head of Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation (MASHAV), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to extend development cooperation between Thailand and Israel to support Thailand’s neighboring countries (Lao PDR, Cambodia and Myanmar) in the areas of agricultural technology, irrigation, water resource management, early childhood education and other areas that are mutual agreed. 

 

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