On 10 October 2018 the First Deputy of the Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in ARC Izet Gdanov and the officials of the Mission took part in the preparatory meeting for the annual XXX session of the Ukrainian and Russian Commission on Fishery in the Azov Sea which is going to be held on 23-25 October 2018 in Ukraine.

The participants of the meeting were the representatives of the State Agency of Fishery of Ukraine, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, a member of public union “Association of Fishery Factories of Ukraine”, the head of the Association “Inter-Regional North Azov Union” The organizational matters of the meeting of the Ukrainian-Russian Commission on Fishery were dealt with as well as the issues intended for inclusion in the Commission meeting agenda, further interaction and coordination of the participants. The Mission within its mandate submitted the proposals to be included into the agenda of the Commission meeting.