Turkish Agriculture and Rural Affairs Minister Mehdi Eker said on Saturday that Russia will lift the ban on Turkish products as of June 27. Eker held talks with Russian Minister of Agriculture in Moscow on Saturday and following this meeting Eker said, "Russia will lift the ban on 109 out of 136 Turkish products as of June 27th. Twenty-seven Russian experts will come to Turkey on June 29th to hold talks on the ban on the remaining 27 products. Russia is an important market for us. Our annual exports of agricultural products to Russia are about 250 million USD. We successfully resolve the current problem with Russia."

The ban was put in place at the end of May, following worries over imported fresh fruit and vegetables that were shown to have the presence of a fruit fly larvae on them in November 2004.