Armenia to export sheep to Qatar

The Qatar Meat and Livestock Company (Mawashi) plans to import sheep from Armenia and Turkey to meet local demand this coming Ramadan season, Armenian National Armenpress agency reports, citing The Peninsula.

“The first shipment of 1,000 good quality sheep will arrive this month from Armenia,” Ahmad Nasser Sari Al Kaabi, CEO of Mawashi, was recently quoted as saying by local Arabic daily Al Sharq. Mawashi is also planning to import some 200,000 live and frozen sheep from Turkey to ensure demand from consumers would be meet during the Holy Month, said Al Kaabi, who was speaking on the sidelines of a Food Safety Seminar organised by Mawashi to raise awareness among consumers about food safety.