Manama, Sept. 29 (BNA): Undersecretary of Agriculture and Marine Resources at the Works, Municipality Affairs and Agriculture Ministry Shaikh Khalifa bin Isa Al Khalifa received today Malaysian Ambassador to Bahrain Dato Ahmad Shahizan Abd Samad and Chief Executive of the Malaysian Bank of Agriculture Wan Mohammed Fadzmi Othman.

They discussed bilateral cooperation in the agricultural field and ways of availing of the Malaysian expertise mainly in the plant tissue culture. They also spotlighted ways of setting up and operating a state-of-the-art plant tissue lab in Bahrain to protect distinguished dates and palm trees in Bahrain.

The Malaysian delegation hailed cooperation with Bahrain and invited the Agriculture and Marine Resources to visit the Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism Show (MAHA) which is set to be hosted by Malaysia in November 2016.

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BNA 1857 GMT 2015/09/29