Russia US poultry trade dispute "basically" solved

Lead: a Russian official told Reuters on Wednesday that Russia and the United States have eliminated fundamental differences in veterinary certificates, which will make it possible for the United States to resume profitable poultry trade As the two sides failed to reach an agreement on how American enterprises can meet the poultry import standards that will take effect on August 1, the export of poultry to Russia has been completely stopped Sergei Kuznetsov, spokesman of the Russian Ministry of agriculture, said, "the problem was basically solved by phone yesterday, and now we are waiting for relevant documents A spokeswoman for the U.S Embassy in Russia said documents about the new veterinary certificate will arrive in Moscow on Wednesday In Washington, Richard Boucher, a spokesman for the U.S Department of agriculture, said, "in a few days, we will get a response from Russia on the terms of the new U.S veterinary certificate The settlement of the certificate problem means that the shipment of poultry in the United States can be resumed soon "Early Wednesday, U.S Secretary of State Powell spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Ivanov about the poultry trade dispute between the two countries and other issues "They are all concerned about whether the problem can be solved," Boucher said "We are very, very close, but not yet successful We have made great progress "The spokesman added In addition, the United States has asked Russia to extend the original deadline of August 1 (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: