Antigua and Barbuda is looking to strengthen ties with Turkiye in a bid to expand its agricultural sector, reduce reliance on imports and bolster food security, Foreign Affairs Minister E.P. Chet Greene said Thursday.
Greene made the appeal during a courtesy call with Turkiye’s new Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, Emriye Bağdagül Ormancı, describing the European nation as “one of the breadbaskets of the world.”
“If you take the area of agriculture, you are easily one of the world’s leading agricultural producing countries and so we anticipate that through this relationship that we can see further growth in our own agricultural sector as this is one of the areas that we have targeted for growth,” Greene told the ambassador.
The minister said food security and sovereignty are critical priorities for the government, pointing to rising import costs, supply chain disruptions and shrinking market access.
