Kazakhstan lifted temporary quarantine phytosanitary measures in form of a ban on the import of food and seed potatoes, apples and persimmons from the territory of Kyrgyzstan into Kazakhstan. Press service of the Ministry of Agriculture reported.
According to the ministry, the decision was made following the results of negotiations that took place on May 13-14 in the capital of Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan. They were attended by representatives of the Plant Quarantine Department of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kyrgyzstan and the State Inspection Committee in the Agricultural Sector of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan.
The ban was lifted as a part of the implementation of the protocol signed by the Vice Prime Ministers of both countries and the road map on quarantine control issues.
Restrictions were introduced on February 19. The Ministry of Agriculture of Kyrgyzstan stated that Kazakhstan unreasonably imposed the ban on the import of apples, potatoes, persimmons and pomegranates.
