Krutoy explained what decisions will make it possible to leave the dairy and meat wars between Belarus and Russia in the past

April 8, Moscow . Following the meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State, held in Moscow on April 6 with the participation of President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Ambassador of Belarus to Russia Dmitry Krutoy explained what decisions would make it possible to leave the dairy and meat wars between Belarus and Russia in the past, BelTA has learned.

"The ministries of agriculture have seriously pulled themselves up for the fourth quarter of last and the first quarter of this year. By and large, their road map (the program in the field of agriculture, approved in a package of 28 union programs at the previous meeting of the Supreme State Council in November 2021. - Approx. BelTA) could also be considered completed, there were some minor technical issues," Dmitry Krutoy said.

He explained that the ministries of agriculture of Belarus and Russia have determined a clear procedure for making decisions on the suspension of supplies of products in the agro-industrial complex in case of any violations and a mechanism for resuming such supplies. "They divided this story into two parts: the first concerns the market of grain, rapeseed, corn, and the second concerns livestock products, primarily meat and dairy products. The algorithm is fully defined, according to which laboratory analysis and control of all samples and samples for each The enterprise will be recognized, let's say, as completely clean, or it will have some time limits, or it will be under enhanced laboratory control. our producers suffered, there were closures (deliveries of products to Russia. - Approx. BelTA), and it was necessary to manually sort out, in fact, for each enterprise. Now this order has already been finalized, signed, and I think that all these problems will become a thing of the past," the ambassador is sure.

“The presidents noted with pleasure that last year was probably the first time when we didn’t touch on this topic at all . the topic was not brought up," Dmitry Krutoy stated.

He also said that the agricultural departments of the two countries have completed work on the methodology for compiling forecast balances for sensitive goods. "Groups have been defined from sugar to meat and milk so that there is no overproduction on the one hand, and so that we pursue a coordinated policy already in the "five" in the EAEU market and with possible export to third countries, because now there are opportunities for Iran, and China, and Turkey. In fact, the role of these balances is the implementation of our common export policy," the diplomat added.

Dmitry Krutoy will talk about other topics that were discussed at the meeting of the Presidents of Belarus and Russia and the meeting of the Supreme State Council tonight on the air of the Belarus 1 TV channel in the Question Number One project.