The prefect of the Timis County, Ovidiu Draganescu, had yesterday an encounter with the commercial attache of the Embassy of the State of Israel at Bucharest, Arnon Arbel. The aim of the visit was the promotion of economical relations between Israel and Romania and the preparation of an economic seminar, that will take place in the Timis county during the month of February. The aim of the seminar is the presentation to the Romanian companies of the opportunity to participate to the AGRITECH 2006 exhibition, that will take place in Israel, between May 9-11. The Israeli Representative was given a short presentation of the Timis county and of the difficulties encountered by the farmers in this region. Arnon Arbel said that the Romanian agriculture has excellent natural resources, and Israel is one of the biggest producers of advanced technologies in the agricultural field, thus the two countries being complimentary in the agricultural field. We have wheat, and they have the machinery to harvest it. Also yesterday, the Deputy Prefect of the Timis County, Mr. Alexandru Chirila, received the visit of His Excelency, Eugenio Roberto Caligiuri, consul of the Republic of Ecuatorial Guinea for Romania. During the talks, the opportunities for investment in the Timis county were presented, being outlined the necessity of developing and strenghtening the economical relationships. In the same time, His Excellency suggested the twinning of Timisoara with the Bata municipality in the Equatorial Guinea.