The agreement with Ecuador "will have no consequence for the Canary banana," according to Planas

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has assured that the memorandum signed with Ecuador "will have no consequence for the Canary banana." In the Senate plenary session, the minister responded this Tuesday to a question from the PP senator Jaime Morales, who wanted to know if the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between Spain and Ecuador was going to harm the Canary banana sector, as its signature had generated "concern in the archipelago." Planas has "certified" that this agreement will have "no" consequence for the banana sector because it is a memorandum of understanding "like the one signed with other Ibero-American countries." They are a "show of good relations and the possibility of developing technical contacts in matters of common interest and agrarian irrigation insurance or other aspects," according to the minister. For all this, he stressed that "there is no issue, nor fear in this regard" and that "there is no content of a commercial ...