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International Scientific Symposium on Potato Held

KCNA

    Pyongyang, September 27 (KCNA) -- An international scientific symposium on potato took place in Pyongyang from Sept. 24 to 26. Present at the symposium were delegations and delegates of the DPRK, international organizations and foreign countries, the resident coordinator of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, the UN resident coordinator who is deputy resident representative of the UNDP and officials of international organizations and foreign embassies.
    The symposium was attended by Minister of Agriculture Ri Kyong Sik, officials concerned and agricultural scientists, technicians and experts.
    Kye Yong Sam, president of the Academy of Agricultural Science, in his opening address expressed thanks to the Bureau for Development and Cooperation of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs for its sincere assistance and aid to the successful symposium.
    Minister of Agriculture Ri Kyong Sik in his congratulatory speech referred to the fact that leader Kim Jong Il kindled the flame of revolution in potato farming and wisely led it, thus bringing about a turn in the potato farming of the DPRK.
    Ueli Muller, resident coordinator of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in the DPRK, in his speech hoped that the international scientific symposium on potato would help make progress in the cultivation of potato and develop agricultural cooperation and friendship among countries.
    Speeches were made under the titles "The present condition and prospect of potato cultivation in our country" and "The study and production of potato in the world " and on the subject of the establishment of the production system based on virus-free potato seeds, the study and production of potato in different countries, achievements in introducing comprehensive mechanization into potato production and the basic study of potato and training of potato researchers.
    The participants widely exchanged achievements and experience gained in scientific researches into potato during the symposium.
    A letter to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the symposium.
    A memorandum on the successful symposium was adopted.