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Russia agrees to lift its ban on Polish meat next week

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Russia will lift its two-year embargo on Polish meat next week in line with an agreement reached with Warsaw, the Russian agriculture minister announced on Wednesday.
MOSCOW, December 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will lift its two-year embargo on Polish meat next week in line with an agreement reached with Warsaw, the Russian agriculture minister announced on Wednesday.

"Deliveries will be resumed as soon as departments sign a memorandum. Other restrictions on certain types of agricultural produce will be left in force, but this is a normal situation," Alexei Gordeyev told a news conference after talks in Moscow with his Polish counterpart, Marek Sawicki.

The countries' veterinary services will sign a memorandum in Kaliningrad, Russia's exclave on the Baltic Sea bordering on Poland, next week.

Russia banned Polish meat exports in November 2005 over allegations that the country was supplying poor-quality meat from third countries. Poland vetoed talks on a new Russia-EU partnership and cooperation agreement in protest against the embargo.

Gordeyev said: "We have complete understanding and an agreement on the resumption of agricultural produce deliveries."

He said poor-quality imports to Russia from third countries through Poland will not happen in the future under any circumstances.

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