Pakistan, Türkiye to cooperate on FMD control, vaccines

Pakistan and Türkiye have agreed to expand livestock collaboration, including work on Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), vaccine production, livestock development and meat trade, Mettis Global reported on November 10, 2026. The understanding followed talks between Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain and Türkiye’s Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı.

Pakistan is pursuing two FMD vaccine manufacturing projects, one led by Punjab and another at the federal level, with facilities targeted within a year. The country also aims to supply meat to Türkiye after completing its FMD-free zone project. Pakistani technical experts have already visited Turkish farms, slaughterhouses and vaccine plants, and submitted their findings to the relevant ministry and the Prime Minister.