BERLIN, January 22. /TASS/. The Minister of agriculture of the Russian Federation Alexander Tkachev and his German counterpart Christian Schmidt on the sidelines of the G20 discussed the agriculture aspects of the recovery of trade in agricultural products in case of cancellation of the Russian predamage. The head of the Ministry of agriculture said in an interview with “Rossiyskaya Gazeta“.
the Meeting was a step towards the gradual establishment of a dialogue between Russia and Germany in the field of agriculture, said Tkachev.
“it is Planned to make joint efforts to upgrade the system, guaranteeing the safety of mutual supplies of products, which will allow you to restore the bilateral trade between our countries in a very short time. Sooner or later, the regime of mutual restrictions will be lifted and we now need to think about the future development of our trade relations,” he said.
because of the sanctions German agricultural sector annually loses about $ 1 billion, said Tkachyov.
during the meeting parties agreed to conduct within three months of technical consultations of experts to discuss veterinary and phytosanitary issues, the epizootic situation in Russia and Germany, said the head of the Ministry of agriculture.
in addition, the parties noted the expediency of the resumption of activities of the Russian-German working group on cooperation in the field of agriculture, whose last meeting was held in July 2013, i.e. before the introduction of Russian response to Western sanctions.
“We also see some prospects for Russian producers and suppliers of agricultural products to the German market”, – said Tkachev.
Sanctions and counter-sanctions
Earlier, first Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov recommended that the Russian agricultural producers actively promote their products on store shelves, while the action of the counter. At the same time, speaking at the Gaidar forum on January 13, Shuvalov did not rule out that after December 31, 2017 Russia will not renew the contractee in case of warming relations with the West. According to him, it’s probably time to understand that the sanctions (from the West – approx. ed.) will soon expire and counter-sanctions, too.
In turn, the Deputy head of the Ministry of agriculture Evgeny Gromyko in a conversation with TASS noted that to speak about cancellation of bradenburg (counter-sanctions against the West) is premature. In addition, it is an unnerving business, he stressed.
Antibiotics in veterinary medicine
the G20 Countries, according to Tkachev, supported Russia’s proposal on limiting the use of antibiotics in veterinary medicine.
“the Declaration of the summit of agriculture Ministers of the G20 supported Russia’s proposal on limiting the use of antibiotics in veterinary medicine. Russia has always advocated the responsible and rational use of antibiotics in livestock farming”, he said.
As the Minister said, Russia has repeatedly drawn the attention of foreign colleagues to the fact that antibiotics are used as growth promoters. “Now the task of the G20 – to strengthen the control and to take measures to curb the practice,” concluded Tkachev.
Antibiotics in agriculture and veterinary medicine used for the treatment and prevention of animal diseases and to increase the shelf life of products.
According to the world health organization (who), the volume of antibiotics used in veterinary medicine, is already more than twice exceeds the volume of drugs used in medicine. According to experts the who, excessive use of antibiotics in veterinary medicine and agriculture in the future may significantly increase mortality among people, due to reduced effectiveness of treatment.
agricultural Exports
Russia, according to Tkachev, last year increased its exports of agricultural products by 4%, to $ 17 billion.
“At the end of last year, Russia increased its exports of agricultural products by 4%, to $ 17 billion. And this is due to the expansion of supply of grain, vegetable oils, fish products,” – said the Minister.
Now Tkachev is in Germany at the meeting of agriculture Ministers of G20. During the trip he held a meeting with Minister of agriculture of Mexico Jose Eduardo Calzada Rovirosa. According to the Minister, the parties discussed the possibility of increasing mutual supplies of agricultural products, expand the volume and range of goods.
“Russian farmers increased wheat exports to Mexico and are ready to increase the supply of these agricultural products and interested in export of Russian meat products”, – said Tkachev.
in addition, the Minister met with the Brazilian counterpart, Blaire Maggie. “It was about access to the Brazilian market of individual kinds of meat products, including beef,” said Tkachev.
According to him, last year, Russia has reduced purchases of pork, sugar, tobacco, apples and pears. “We resumed exporting to Brazil buckwheat, first began to supply the Brazilian market of potato powder and sugar confectionery. We are interested in supplies of grain, fish products and other food products,” – said Tkachev.
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