The talks also touch on bilateral relations in the fields of the economy, culture, science, agriculture, education and health.

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Visitors pass through miles of wheat fields before arriving in town, and agriculture has long been the mainstay of the economy.

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Jobs in these fields are exploding, growing three times faster than the rest of the economy over the last decade, but we simply cannot fill them, even in a recession with so many people looking for work.

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It puts the economy in the hands of the state, limits landholdings and redistributes revenues from gas fields in the eastern lowlands to poorer areas of the country.

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