DUSHANBE
, June 5, Asia-Plus – By president’s order a republican commission was set up on May 29 for organization of fruits and vegetables supplies to
Russia
and
Kazakhstan
.
The commission consists of representatives from relevant ministries and organizations as well representatives from Russian and Kazakh embassies in
Dushanbe
.
According to information from the Russian Embassy in
Dushanbe
, the first meeting of the commission was held on June 1. Representatives from
Tajikistan
’s ministries of foreign affairs, economy, agriculture, state revenues and tax collections, air carrier as well as representatives from the Russian embassy and trade representative office in
Dushanbe
attended the meeting. The meeting discussed issues related to organization of supply of fruits and vegetables to the
Russian Federation
. Participants at the meeting noted to the necessity of organizing sustained channels of supply of Tajik farm produce to the Russian regions directly.
As it had been reported earlier,
Tajikistan
last month already sent 300 tons of onions to
Bratsk
,
Irkutsk
, Orienburg, and
Orsk
, as well as 120 tons of apricots to
Moscow
and 115,000 cans of tinned fruits to
Omsk
.
