ArmInfo. During the meeting with Head of the Frontier Department of the Russian Federal Security Service in Armenia Anatoly Mikheyev, the head of the State Food Safety Service of the Armenian Ministry of Agriculture Ishkhan Karapetyan praised the cooperation between the two departments and expressed willingness to continue the cooperation.
The press office of the State Food Safety Service has told ArmInfo that the sides discussed the veterinary- epidemiological situation in the near-border zones and settlements of Armenia, as well as the measures aimed at preventing penetration of infectious diseases of animals into the territory of Armenia.
The interlocutors said that bird flu cases have been registered in nine Iranian provinces and the import of poultry from Iran to Armenia has been temporarily banned. They also stressed the need for information exchange.
Mikheyev emphasized the importance of taking preventive measures in the zone of control of the Frontier Department of the Russian Federal Security Service in Armenia, and noted that the Armenian Ministry of Agriculture and the specialists of the State Food Safety Service assist them in this matter.
Karapetyan and Mikheyev signed a protocol on cooperation directions and further steps.