Russia is interested in importing seasonal fruits from Sri Lanka, reports the news agency Tass. This was reported by a representative of the Russian commission and the head of the Federal Fishery Agency Ilya Shestakov at an intergovernmental Russia-Sri Lanka meeting.
‘’We are interested in increasing the supply from Sri Lanka. Now the main import is tea, but we are interested in sourcing seasonal fruit and vegetables which will not compete with those produced by our agriculturalists,’’ he said.
Chairman of the Sri Lankan Intergovernmental Commission and Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce, Tennekun Mudiyanselage, said that the country can supply Russia with tropical fruits such as pineapples, mangoes, kiwifruits and bananas.
In exchange Sri Lanka hopes to increase imports of grain from Russia.