Exit meeting with USDA-APHIS Deputy Administrator Osama El-Lissy . CONTRIBUTED
George Culaste, Head of the Philippine Delegation and Director of the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Plant Industry welcomed this development and said the Philippine young coconut producers, especially in Mindanao, are waiting to tap export markets such as the USA and China. USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue with participants of the Philippines-United States Phytosanitary Issues Bilateral Meeting held on May 22-23in Maryland and Washington D.C. : Manila-based APHIS International Services Director George Ball; Manila-based APHIS agriculture scientist Wilhelmina Santos; Philippine BPI National Plant Quarantine Services Chief Andres Alemania; Philippine Agriculture Attaché’ to the United States Dr. Josyline C.
APHIS Deputy Administrator Osama El-Lissy hosted the exit meeting of both delegations at USDA’s Whitten Building and affirmed his support for the resolution of the bilateral phytosanitary issues between the Philippines and the United States.