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A U S T R A L I A N E M B A S S Y A N K A R A

MEDIA RELEASE

5 September 2008

Turkey and Australia sign an MOU on agriculture cooperation

Turkey and Australia deepened bilateral relations in the field of agriculture with the signing on Thursday 4 September of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) designed to strengthen biosecurity and animal health cooperation.

The "Arrangement on Cooperation in the Fields of Animal Health and Biosecurity" MOU was signed yesterday by Australian Ambassador to Turkey, Peter Doyle and the Director General of Protection and Control, Doç Dr. Muzaffer Aydemir.

"Agricultural cooperation between Turkey and Australia has increased significantly in recent years, particularly since an umbrella MOU was signed during Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan's visit to Australia in December 2005," Ambassador Doyle said at the signing ceremony.

The Ambassador said there was demand in Turkey for importing Australian goats and sheep and this demand had led to the recent negotiation of a health certificate to facilitate the trade. “I recently met with Turkish farmers and agri-businesspeople in the Aegean region who were interested and ready to import Australian goats and sheep from Australia,” he said.

Turkish farmers have also imported dairy cattle from Australia since the conclusion of a health certificate for the importing of breeding cattle in 2006. “Last year imports of cattle from Australian into Turkey were worth 4.5 million YTL,” the Ambassador said.

For media contact: Elif Barutcuoğlu-Wade, Public Diplomacy Manager
Phone: 0312-459 9504
e-mail: elif.barutcuoglu-wade@dfat.gov.au