He reported that on February 9, a telephone conversation took place between the Minister of Agrarian Policy, Oleksandr Baranivskyi, and the Minister of Agriculture of Russia, Aleksei Gordeyev, during which an agreement was reached on a visit on February 13 by a Ukrainian delegation consisting of Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy Mykola Pabat, as well as specialists from the State Department of Veterinary Medicine and representatives of associations representing the interests of livestock industry enterprises, to Moscow (Russia) for the purpose of drafting the necessary documents during February 14-15 regarding the lifting of the ban.
According to him, on February 15, Baranivskyi will fly to Moscow in order to sign the said documents on the lifting of the embargo on February 16.
Horobets noted that Baranivskyi has already reported this agreement to President Viktor Yushchenko and, according to some information, on February 10 Yushchenko will thank Russian President Vladimir Putin for his understanding and support in resolving this problem.
Recall that on January 20, Russia introduced a ban on the import of Ukrainian livestock products.
Losses from this ban are estimated at 50-60 million dollars monthly for the dairy industry and 10-15 million dollars for the meat industry.