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Ankara does all to settle "fruit and vegetable crisis" with Russia

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MOSCOW, June 2 (RIA Novosti) - In order to resolve the emerging "fruit and vegetable" crisis with Russia, Turkey has put to use all the diplomatic channels and even personal contacts between officials, Turkish Minister of State Kursad Tuzmen said on Thursday.

"We make use of all the diplomatic channels and our friends in a bid to handle the Russian embargo on the import of fruits and vegetables," Turkey's television quotes his as saying.

Tuzmen recalled that personal contacts in such cases were useful in the past.

On May 30 Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Inspection (Rosselkhoznadzor) banned the import of plant-growing products from Turkey.

The Russian Agricultural Ministry recently said that this step is caused by "the systematic violations of the Russian phytosanitary norms by the Turkish side."

The ministry said that on May 19 and 20 a dangerous pest, flower thrips, was discovered in inspecting a batch of flowers from Turkey.

In addition, the Turkish side has not proved the validity of the accompanying certificates, the Agricultural Ministry said.

In answer to the embargo the Turkish embassy in Moscow has come up with a statement, saying that the ban will "produce a negative impact on the Turkish producers and exporters of plant-growing products, rid Russian consumers of Turkish products, known for their high quality and acceptable price."

According to the Turkish press, losses from the Russian ban may come up to 220 million dollars.

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