A petition on the Kyiv City Council website calling for a ban on pets in capital stores that trade in food products has failed to gather the required number of votes for consideration.

Minister of Agriculture Majnun Mammadov met with Chinese Ambassador Lu Mei to discuss opportunities for agricultural cooperation and exchange views on mutually beneficial matters.

Georgian Agriculture Minister Otar Shamugia informed Parliament on Wednesday that the domestic agribusiness output had reached a "record-high" of $6.1 billion last year, reflecting an average annual increase of 10 percent, News.az reports.