India and China on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding for amendment of Protocol on phytosanitary requirements for exporting rice from India to China to include non-Basmati rice.
With this agreement, India can now export non-Basmati rice to China. Beijing had denied access to the non-basmati rice on grounds that it failed to meet its standards. Today’s protocol updates an earlier agreement of 2006.
The two sides also signed a MoU on sharing of hydrological information of Brahmaputra river by China to India.
"Following PM Narendra Modi meeting with Chinese President Xi, two MoUs were signed - Sharing hydrological information of Brahmaputra river by China to India & amendment of Protocol on phytosanitary requirements for exporting rice from India to China to include non-Basmati rice,” ministry of external affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in a tweet.
The agreements were signed in the presence of Prime Minster Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, who met on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit.
India and China on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding for amendment of Protocol on phytosanitary requirements for exporting rice from India to China to include non-Basmati rice.
With this agreement, India can now export non-Basmati rice to China. Beijing had denied access to the non-basmati rice on grounds that it failed to meet its standards. Today’s protocol updates an earlier agreement of 2006.
The two sides also signed a MoU on sharing of hydrological information of Brahmaputra river by China to India.
"Following PM Narendra Modi meeting with Chinese President Xi, two MoUs were signed - Sharing hydrological information of Brahmaputra river by China to India & amendment of Protocol on phytosanitary requirements for exporting rice from India to China to include non-Basmati rice,” ministry of external affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in a tweet.
The agreements were signed in the presence of Prime Minster Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, who met on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit.
