Export of Moldovan products to Israel to be facilitated

Chisinau, 26 December /MOLDPRES/ - The export of Moldovan products to Israel will be facilitated. A declaration of intent between the State of Israel and Moldova will be signed within the International Green Week, due to be held in Berlin in January 2025. This document will give Moldova priority in the export of agricultural products. Moldova’s Ambassador to the State of Israel Alexandr Roitman has made statements to this effect for MOLDPRES.    

Many of the products from Moldova meet the standards of international quality and can be exported. A demand for Moldovan products is noticed in Israel, Ambassador Alexandr Roitman said. He stressed that, in the last years, the volume of exports to this country had recorded a growth. Ever more wines are exported and for the first time ever, Israel imported wheat from Moldova.   

The cooperation in the agricultural sector is promising, according to Alexandr Roitman. Israel, for its part, reaffirms willingness to share its rich experience in this field. In particular, it is about the implementation of new technologies. ‘’The agricultural minister visited Israel; we had a string of contacts, exchange of messages. I had meetings with the agriculture minister of Israel and on the immediately next period, we are expecting the signing of a bilateral document, which will envisage that Moldova will have priority in Israel for the export of its agricultural products – to a great extent, it is about wheat, as well as other products. Israel will provide know-how, experience in the intensive agriculture sector. Israel elaborated these ways and this apparatus, technologies. For its part, Israel will provide also priority in the possibility to buy the newest technologies and instruments of intensifying the agriculture, as well as other elements of cooperation in the agriculture field,’’ Alexandr Roitman said.      

The ambassador noted that the permit of export to Israel was still got with difficulty; yet, the diplomatic mission is willing to help the economic agents willing to promote the products to Israel. ‘’We want ever more products to reach the Israeli market and this happens. I am happy as consumer and as ambassador that our products have become more qualitative and there is demand for them on the Israel market. Sometimes, the overcoming of the bureaucratic moments can be difficult, but on this occasion too, I say that the mission is willing to help any economic agent which wants to reach the Israeli market. There is a call; we have every openness for our economic agents. We have success stories and entrepreneurs from Moldova can tell about the things which we have achieved together,’’ the ambassador also said.    

Presently, Moldova exports apples, wines, fresh tomatoes and dry fruits to Israel. From the viewpoint of the economic cooperation, the bilateral relations in the agricultural sector must be deepened and diversified, the Moldovan authorities say. At the meetings, the agriculture ministers of the two countries agreed on the carrying out of joint projects, based on innovations and technological transfer.   

The world tendencies encourage the implementation of smart solutions, due to which the agricultural production can be increased and the competitiveness of products can be enhanced. The example of the State of Israel proves that the governments must speak out for the development of the irrigation systems for the endowment of the agricultural with advanced technologies – elements indispensable for ensuring the food security, especially in the context of the climate changes.

In the last years, the cooperation relations between Moldova sand the State Israel have boosted, said Ambassador Alexandr Roitman. He emphasized the invitation by the president of Israel made for Maia Sandu to visit this country. At the same time, the Moldovan diplomat gave assurances that the Embassy provided every needed support to the Moldovan citizens who work in Israel for the maintenance of an open and pro-active communication.   

More information on the Moldova-State of Israel cooperation, the rights of the Moldovans who work in this country, as well as the concerns of Ambassador Alexandr Roitman in the field of researching the history of the Jews from Bessarabia will be made available in an interview given exclusively with the MOLDPRES Agency, due to be spread soon.