EU HEALTH COMMISSIONER BLASTS RUSSIANS OVER MAINTAINING ‘UNJUSTIFIED’ PIGMEAT EXPORT BAN
February 1st, 2014
THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) health commissioner has blasted Russia for maintaining a ban on EU pigmeat exports because of two sick Lithuanian wild boars, when weak Russian health controls could have caused these illnesses anyway.Signalling increased frustration in Brussels over what he regards as a “completely disproportionate” action, Tonio Borg has repeated his offer to meet “swiftly travel to Moscow to reach an amicable solution to resume trade flows”.But no dice. The Maltese EU commissioner said: “Imposed two weeks ago by Russia, this trade ...
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