CIDCA vice-chairman meets heads of UN food and agriculture agencies

From Oct 11 to 13, Zhao Fengtao, vice-chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency, held separate meetings in Rome with Qu Dongyu, director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Carl Skau, acting executive director of the UN World Food Programme, and Donal Brown, associate vice-president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development.

During the meetings, they exchanged in-depth views on deepening pragmatic cooperation in the agriculture and food sectors, supporting the Global South in addressing food security challenges, and advancing the implementation of the Global Development Initiative and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in an integrated manner. The parties also signed cooperation documents during their meetings.