President Fernando Belaunde Terry yesterday hailed Israel’s agricultural aid program in Peru in which Israeli irrigation experts have been helping to solve some of the country’s water problems. President Belaunde lauded the Israeli role in Peru’s farm development at ceremonies marking the conclusion of Agriculture Week here in which Israel’s Agriculture Minister Haim Gvati took part.
Mr. Gvati who has been on an official visit to this country for the past week, later met with Peru’s Minister of Public Works in connection with the Peruvian program of new road construction.
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