While Russia is trying to satisfy the local demand for vegetables with domestic fresh produce, EU proposes millions in aid for farmers. The European Union’s (EU) farm chief on Tuesday proposed euro 150 million ($219 million) in aid to help producers hit by the continent’s E. coli contamination crisis.
Rusisa’s Ambassador to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov says in a statement that Russia hopes that the issue of EU vegetable import ban will be settled by the Russia-EU summit that’s due in Nizhni Novgorod on June 9 and 10. Moscow imposed the ban on vegetable imports last Thursday following the appearance of numerous cases of a dangerous enteral infection in Europe.
The EU said the Russia-made move is disproportionate to the degree of the threat. But Chizhov stressed the point that no financial losses can be compared with human life.
Source: www.freshplaza.com