Russia to import 150,000 tons of chicken from Turkey
Russia will import 150,000 tons of chicken from Turkey in 2011, according to the country’s agricultural minister, Yelena Borisovna Skrynnik. Russia currently imports 57,000 tons of chicken from Turkey per year.
Skrynnik, as part of the delegation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, visited the Turkey’s minister of agriculture and rural affairs, Mehdi Eker, in Ankara on Tuesday.
Speaking to reporters following her meeting with Eker, Skrynnik said she was pleased to witness developing ties with Turkey.
“Thanks to the efforts of our ministries, Turkish exports of food to Russia increased by 14.7 percent in 2009,” Skrynnik said.
“The relations between our ministries work as the engine of relations among other ministries. The agreements we sign Wednesday will promote our relations. We will continue to work with the same spirit,” Skrynnik also said.
Eker, meanwhile, said Turkish and Russian relations were developing fast, adding that agriculture is the engine of relations between the two countries.
“Based on our talks today, we have decided to sign an agricultural cooperation framework agreement and four protocols,” Eker said.
“We have done what governments could do for the export of chicken from Turkey. The rest is up to the efforts of the private sector,” he said.
