Necessary measures are being taken by the Food Safety Agency (FSA) and relevant agencies to remove restrictions on some products exported from Azerbaijan to the Russian Federation. Delegations of the AQTA and the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Control of the Russian Federation (Rosselkhoznadzor) held a video conference on the issue. Extensive discussions were held on restrictions on the export of apples and tomatoes from Azerbaijan to Russia.
Also, the proposals put forward at the meetings to resolve the issue were analyzed in detail with the participation of experts. As a result of the discussions, it already belongs to Agroterm LLC (Khizi district), Geothermal Agro LLC (Kurdamir district), GP Alpha Greenhouse LLC (Salyan district), Hajigabul Greenhouse (Hajigabul district) and Shukurov Ilkin Mirzakhan oglu (Masalli). Tomato, Shabran region, TURAZ LLC, Ran Fruit LLC and Asadov Vahid Abil oglu's apple products were allowed to be exported to Russia.
It should be noted that the relevant body of the Russian Federation stated that these permits were issued on the basis of information provided by the Food Safety Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan on increasing phytosanitary control, as well as the results of monitoring. Currently, intensive discussions are underway between the Agency and the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Control of the Russian Federation in this direction.