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Russia’s envoy to Turkey welcomes first decision on meat supplies
ANKARA, Feb 11, 2019 (BSS/TASS) – The first positive results have been
reached on the supplies of Russia’s dairy and meat products to the Turkish
market, Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey Alexei Yerkhov said in an interview
with Russian media on occasion of Diplomats’ Day.
“There is the first decision on the access of Russia’s meat products to
the Turkish market in the framework of an allocated quota but without customs
duties. Now talks are underway on how to formalize this decision. I believe
such decisions will be reached in the coming weeks,” the diplomat said.
“This is a kind of a breakthrough, we have been trying to reach the
Turkish market with our goods and this is very important and great,” the
ambassador said.
The Russian and Turkish representatives have been discussing the issue of
Russian meat supplies to Turkey since 2017. In August 2018, Russia was
attested to supply beef to the Turkish market.
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