Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. I.Khalilova / Azerbaijani Agriculture Ministry considers there was no need for opening the enterprise to accept production of beekeepers, Aslan Aslanov, the deputy Agriculture Minister, said at the opening ceremony of the republican exhibition of beekeeping production in Baku on 26 September.
The Ministry is planning to open a special enterprise to produce honey in a special package for exporting. Turkey will render assistance to Azerbaijan to obtain special equipments necessary for enterprise, Aslanov said.
Azerbaijan also investigates the facts concerning appropriation of the Azerbaijani beekeeping mark by Armenia. The US uses bee population of Azerbaijan. We will do our best to prevent appropriation of Azerbaijani production by Armenians, Aslanov said.
The number of bee families has increased in Azerbaijan by 58,000 and make up 105,000 for recent years.
