Israel and Andhra Pradesh will work jointly on issues relating to water, internal security and agriculture. On Tuesday, Israeli Ambassador Daniel Carmon met Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in Hyderabad and expressed Israel’s keenness to promote collaboration in these areas through the joint working group that was set up following their meeting in August this year. Both agreed to focus on joint activities of Israel and Andhra Pradesh in these areas.
The ambassador was in Hyderabad to attend a conference — India-Israel Relations: Way Forward — in which more than 60 participants took part. The conference was organised to find growth opportunities of Israel in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
During his visit, Carmon attended the launch event of the Israeli company ADAMA Agricultural Solutions, which provides comprehensive crop protection solutions. ADAMA president and CEO, Chen lichtenstein, unveiled its plan to invest $50 million more in India in the next three to four years in distribution network and research and development, in order to meet food security challenges and to empower Indian farmers with right solutions to increase their yield. ADAMA has an R&D centre in Hyderabad, which is the only one of its kind outside Israel.
Carmon invited Naidu to visit Israel to attend the Agritech Israel 2015 - the 19th International Agricultural Technology Exhibition, one of the world’s most important exhibitions in the field of agricultural technologies. The exhibition will be held April 28 - 30.
The ambassador was accompanied by the Deputy Chief of Mission Yahel Vilan, Commercial Attaché Yoni Ben Zaken, MASHAV and Agriculture Cooperation Attaché Dan Alluf and Deputy Defense Attaché for HlS Defense Cooperation Natan Reuven.