A meeting was held at the Embassy of the Republic of Moldova in Sofia between H.E. Emil Jacota, Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to the Republic of Bulgaria, and representatives of the Branch Chamber "Fruits and Vegetables" (BCPZ), the chamber announced.
The meeting took place at the invitation of the ambassador following an open letter sent by the Chamber regarding the decision of the EU Council to increase the quotas for duty-free imports of agricultural products from Moldova. These include plums, table grapes, apples, and cherries.
An invitation was extended by H.E. Jacota for a meeting between Bulgarian and Moldovan industry organizations in the fruit and vegetable sector.
For his part, the President of the BCPZ, Tsvetan Tsekov, invited H.E. Jacota to visit Bulgarian agricultural farms and to get acquainted on-site with the work of the producers.
"We see every day the difficulties our producers face. We comply with a number of mandatory requirements imposed by the EU and we are not placed on equal terms with our counterparts from Moldova..."