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Bhatarapur Metropolis Mayor Dahal and Israeli Ambassador Goder meet



Ratnanagar, June 3 (RSS): Bharatpur Metropolitan City Mayor Renu Dahal and Israeli Ambassador to Nepal Hanan Goder have held a meeting today.

In the meeting held in mayor Dahal’s office, the two discussed cooperation and collaboration between Nepal and Israel.

Stating that agriculture was the mainstay of national economy, mayor Dahal expressed that Nepal wanted to apply and optimize Israeli agricultural technology in Nepal.

Furthermore, Dahal said that she was ready to collaborate between Nepal and Israel to develop Agriculture and Forestry University at Rampur as a research centre.

Chitwan is considered to be ace in agriculture. The district is self-reliant in poultry, milk, banana, honey and meat. A special programme has been introduced to develop Bharatpur Metropolis into an agriculture hub.

Mayor Dahal articulated her intent to maintain sister-relation between Chitwan and Israel to develop Bharatpur Metropolis as the agriculture hub.

She viewed that cooperation between the two countries was essential to develop Bharatpur as beautiful, green and clean city as well as to create jobs in agriculture sector.

Similarly, Israeli ambassador Goder said that Israel was positive for the development of agriculture sector in Bharatpur Metropolis. He expressed his happiness over the fact that Nepal was advancing in the agriculture sector by Nepalis acquiring agriculture knowledge in Israel and applying it in Nepal.

Israel is known as the country that provides more employment in agriculture by modernizing and commercializing it.