Voronezh oblast and the State of Israel will implement a joint pilot project in the field of dairy farming. Details of the project were discussed on may 16 at the meeting, the acting Governor of the Voronezh region Alexander Gusev, Minister of agriculture of the state of Israel, URI Ariel, told the correspondent of IA REGNUM in management on interaction from mass media and administrative work of the government of the Voronezh region. URI Ariel arrived to Voronezh for participation in the 31st regional conference of the food and agriculture organization of the United Nations (FAO) for Europe.

The main theme of the meeting was the implementation in the Voronezh oblast, the pilot of the Russian-Israeli project in the field of dairy farming. As noted, the decision that the joint production will appear in the region, was made part of an intergovernmental plan of Russia and Israel. The main party of the Voronezh region will be the group of companies "Molvest".

At the meeting, the head of the Voronezh region and the Minister discussed the parameters of the future joint project, as well as the major measures of the state support on Federal and regional levels, the mechanisms for monitoring the implementation of this project. They also discussed the issues of standards in the field of veterinary medicine, animal science and management and staff training.

"Our joint efforts aimed at implementation at their level agreements that were reached by the Prime Minister of the State Israelidiamond Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin. From the Voronezh region — government and business — we see the desire to implement the planned", — said the Minister of agriculture of the state of Israel, URI Ariel.