Prime Minister Akhmetov meets with Director General of World Organization for Animal Health

Vallat told about the OIE's activities and prospects of cooperation with Kazakhstan. He also announced the opening of a subregional coordination office for FMD in Astana.

The mission of the office is to coordinate the activities of the competent veterinary services of the region to gain control of FMD in the Central Asian countries and regions bordering them.

The Prime Minister praised the level of relations with the OIE, stressing that "the introduction of new standards in veterinary medicine and its modernization has great importance for Kazakhstan."

After the meeting, Bernard Vallat and Kazakh Minister of Agriculture Assylzhan Mamytbekov signed agreement on the establishment of the OIE subregional coordination office in the city of Astana.

Note

World Organization for Animal Health - Office International des Epizooties (OIE) is the intergovernmental organization responsible for improving animal health worldwide.

OIE was established on January 25, 1924 in Paris, on the basis of the International Agreement on the establishment of the OIE with the application of the organic statute of the Office International des Epizooties.