During the opening of the France-Russia year by the French and Russian presidents in Paris, the visit of Mr Medvedev was the opportunity to develop the economic and commercial contacts.
"Moscow and Paris will sign an agreement of strategic cooperation for the agriculture to simplify the procedures of import-export of farm produces", says the Russian Minister of the Food-processing industry Elena Skrynnik, during an interview with his French counterpart Bruno Le Maire.
"We agreed to finalize and to sign, within the framework of our global partnership, an agreement of long-term strategic cooperation ", explained the Minister in front of the Russian Stand to the International Exhibition for agriculture 2010 in Paris.
"We intend to simplify the modalities of import in Russia of farm produces ", indicates the Minister. According to it, about fifty Russian legislative acts will have to intervene before January 1st, 2011.
source : ria novosti
