Li’s farm visit a boost to Irish ties
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CHINESE Premier Li Keqiang and his Irish counterpart Enda Kenny have agreed to expand bilateral cooperation and exchanges in trade, clean energy, education and many other areas.
The agreement was reached during talks held after Li touched down in Ireland on Sunday en route to Latin America for a four-nation tour.
Li visited a farm in the town of Shannon in a show of his strong interest in boosting bilateral agricultural cooperation.
He and his wife Cheng Hong were greeted by Kenny and his wife Fionnuala O’Kelly at the entrance of Garvey’s Farmhouse, a typical family farm. The Garveys served home-made bread, cheese and milk to the guests.
“Ireland boasts a developed agricultural and husbandry industry, with well-established service standards and advanced managerial and technical expertise,” Li said.
China, as a country with a large agricultural industry, is actively shifting its mode of agricultural development and comprehensively advancing agricultural modernization, he said.
Li said that with their living standards steadily on the rise, the Chinese people’s demand and expectations for food are growing in terms of variety, quality and safety.
Noting that China has become Ireland’s fastest-growing agro-product export market, Li said the two countries enjoy a bright future in agricultural and husbandry cooperation.
Li suggested the two countries put into full play their complementary advantages and expand trade and mutual investment.
He called for closer cooperation in agriculture, biomedicine, information technology and other areas, and more people-to-people exchanges in such fields as education, culture and tourism.
Noting that the two countries have agreed on a visa waiver deal for holders of diplomatic and service passports, Li proposed that they further facilitate the two-way travel of businesspeople, students and tourists.
Kenny said bilateral ties had witnessed smooth development particularly since they established a strategic partnership for mutual benefit.
At a joint press conference, Li said China welcomes high-quality, competitive Irish products into its market and is willing to have Ireland as a partner in three-party cooperation programs.
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