RUSSIA: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff meets Russian President Vladimir Putin and hopes for resolution of pork export problem during visit

Record ID: 861787

  • Title: RUSSIA: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff meets Russian President Vladimir Putin and hopes for resolution of pork export problem during visit
  • Date: 14th December 2012
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (DECEMBER 14, 2012) (REUTERS) RED SQUARE WITH KREMLIN AND ST BASIL'S CATHEDRAL VARIOUS OF KREMLIN TOWERS BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT DILMA ROUSSEFF, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SITTING AT TABLE AS OFFICIALS SIGN DOCUMENTS VARIOUS OF RUSSIAN AND BRAZILIAN MINISTERS SIGNING DOCUMENTS OFFICIALS, JOURNALISTS WATCHING ROUSSEFF, PUTIN SIGNING DOCUMENTS PUTIN SIGNING DOCUMENT ROUSSEFF SIGNING DOCUMENT CAMERAMEN FILMING ROUSSEFF AND PUTIN EXCHANGING DOCUMENTS, SHAKING HANDS AFTER SIGNING AGREEMENTS CAMERAMAN FILMING (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT DILMA ROUSSEFF, SAYING (ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL TRANSLATION): "We hope for the successful resolution of the problems that have emerged (over) Brazilian pork exports. We hope the resolution of this problem will stimulate further progress in the development of our bilateral relations. These goals are fixed in the plan of immediate action which both our governments should undertake." 13 JOURNALISTS LISTENING, MAKING NOTES MEDIA ROUSSEFF, PUTIN STANDING UP, SHAKING HANDS, LEAVING NEWS CONFERENCE
  • Embargoed: 29th December 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Russian Federation
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  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: International Relations,Economic News,Politics
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  • Story Text: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said after talks with President Vladimir Putin on Friday (December 14) that she hopes for the successful resolution of a dispute over exports of pork to Russia, one of its largest exports markets for meat.
    Moscow's tightening of requirements for the importation of meat have threatened to ruffle relations between Brazil and Russia, one of its largest export markets for meat and a partner in the BRICS group of emerging market nations.
    ""We hope for the successful resolution of the problems that have emerged (over) Brazilian pork exports. We hope the resolution of this problem will stimulate further progress in the development of our bilateral relations. These goals are fixed in the plan of immediate action which both our governments should undertake," Rousseff said following talks with Putin in the Kremlin during a two-day visit to the freezing cold Russian capital.
    Russia stepped up tests on U.S. and Canadian meat imports for traces of the feed additive ractopamine, a beta blocker that promotes muscle growth in animals including pigs and cattle, and demanded both certify their meat as ractopamine-free.
    Brazil on Monday (December 10) announced a temporary ban on the use of ractopamine, and Russia's food safety watchdog said on Thursday (December 13) that the move could lead to an eventual increase in Brazilian exports to Russia.
    Russia received 17 percent of its imported pork from Brazil in the first nine months of this year.
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