Russia: EU veg imports to resume on certificates

NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia (AP) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday Moscow will be ready to resume vegetable imports from the European Union once it receives documents certifying their safety.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso — speaking after an EU-Russia summit in the Volga River city of Nizhny Novgorod — said Friday that the EU will send a form for issuing such certificates to Russia in the next few days.

"Our teams have agreed that the ban on vegetables from the EU will be lifted," Barroso said at a news conference. "The system of the certification of the vegetables will be put in place without any delay."

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