Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Ion Sula is paying a working visit to Moscow on October 7-8. During the visit, the minister will have meetings with his Russian counterpart and with the administration of the federal services “Rosselkhoznadzor” and “Rospotrebnadzor”. Among the subjects that are to be raised is the ban imposed by Russia on the import of Moldovan food products, IPN reports.
In a press release, the Ministry of Agriculture says that Ion Sula will be accompanied by Grigore Porcescu, acting director general of the National Food Safety Agency. They will have bilateral meetings with Russian Minister of Agriculture Alexandr Tkachyov and with the head of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance “Rosselkhoznadzor” Sergey Dankvert.
Ion Sula will also meet with the head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare “Rospotrebnadzor” Anna Popova to discuss the trade in wine products and canned fruit and vegetables and the possibility of lifting the ban on imports.
