A two-year cooperation agreement has been signed by President of the Hungarian Agricultural and Rural Development Agency (MVH) Péter Palkovics and Saulius Silickas, Director of the Lithuanian National Paying Agency during the 32nd conference of Agricultural Paying Agencies organised within the framework of Cyprus's presidency of the EU, the MVH told Hungarian news agency MTI on Monday.

The cooperation agreement includes the exchange of experiences with relation to preparation for the reform of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). As a result, Hungarian experts will consult several times each year with their Lithuanian colleagues with regard to their experiences in relation to agricultural support funding, with special attention to preparations for the CAP 2014-2020 budget cycle, and will also work together closely in the preparation of prospective member states.

(Prime Minister’s Office)