Russia hopes to sort out EU veggie ban by June 9th
2011-06-06 15:22:37
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 the 9th and 10th of this month.
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.
Meanwhile EU agricultural ministers are due to meet in Luxembourg on Tuesday to take up the situation around the new infection.
According to the European Commission, 22 people have died of this E. coli strain to date. The overall number of those infected has exceeded 2,000 in 13 EU countries.