MOSCOW,
June 10. /TASS/. Lebanon wants to export its wines to Russia and is
interested in expanding fruit exports, the press service of the Russian
ministry of agriculture said on Friday after talks between Russian
Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev and his Lebanese counterpart
Akram Shuhayib.

We
plan to look at a possibility of exporting Lebanese wines to the Russian
market. We are also interested in expanding exports of fruits, in
particular apples and grapes,” the press service quoted the Lebanese
minister as saying.

Tkachev, in turn, said that Russia is interested in expanding its
exports of plant products to Lebanon and plans to begin supplies of beef
and poultry. The Russian minister noted that the potential of
Russia-Lebanon trade is not used to the full. “We should maintain the
tendency of qualitative and quantitative growth in trade volumes,”
Tkachev said.

The two ministers discussed a possibility of signing an
intergovernmental agreement of cooperation in the agrarian sector. The
agreement is seen as a basis for qualitative changes in relations
between the countries and is expected to encourage Russia-Lebanon trade
growth, the Russian ministry of agriculture added.

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