Ambassador Martin Selmayr was very happy to welcome to Villa Europa Ms Antje Frehse, Director-General for EU Affairs, Common Agricultural Policy, International Cooperation, World Food Security, Ministry of Agriculture of Germany, together with Ambassador Andreas von Brandt, Permanent Representative of Germany to the UN Organisations in Rome, during the week of the World Food Forum of at FAO.
Together they discussed the trade opportunities for Europe’s agriculture and our bioeconomy, the importance of FAO’s rule-making- and standard-setting role for international trade and the need to agree soon on the best person to be elected as the next Director-General of FAO. The worrying escalation of the situation in the Black Sea and its impact on global food security and the need to step up support for freedom of navigation and for Ukraine was also part of our exchange.
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