Veterinary service vehicle ready to share with colleagues from Europe experiences in dealing with ASF

<p> Veterinary Service of the Customs Union are willing to share with their colleagues from the EU experience in the fight against dangerous diseases of animals, including African swine fever. </ p>

As the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture , this head of department Nikolai Fyodorov said at a meeting with the Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection of the European Commission Tonio Borg in Moscow on Friday .

According to him , the experts and the EU TC "during the interaction as soon as possible should develop coordinated solutions that will form the basis for further joint action of the Customs Union and the European Union ».

The meeting focused on ways out of the situation caused by the discovery of cases of ASF in Lithuania and Poland .

N.Fedorov stressed that Russia is acting in strict accordance with the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the OIE and the memorandum of principles of zoning and regionalization in the veterinary field .

The meeting was also attended by the Head of Rosselkhoznadzor Sergey Dankvert , Deputy Director General of the European Commission Directorate General for Health and Consumer Protection, Bernard van Gotham , deputy representative of the EU in Russia Sven- Olof Karlsson , deputy director of the Department of European Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Vladislav Maslennikov .

told "Interfax" Head of Rosselkhoznadzor for inspection work in the framework of international cooperation and the WTO in the veterinary Vasily Lavrovskiy next week Rosselkhoznadzor experts and the European Commission will hold consultations at the Research Institute for Animal Welfare ( Vladimir region) . They , in particular, will discuss the results of Russian specialists trips to Poland and Lithuania , the ways of cooperation to prevent the spread of ASF .

In addition, after the March 11 meeting will be available S. Dankvert CEO of the European Commission Directorate General for Health and Consumer Protection Paola Testori Koji . According

V.Lavrovskogo basic question discussion - the situation with ASF and regionalization . "Regionalization proposed European specialists , when the supply of pigs and pork are limited to only six regions of Lithuania does not reflect the danger posed by this disease , and the threats that are associated with the movement as a wild boar , and production of farmers ," - he said .