Vladimir Dobrovolskiy. The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the EU countries have agreed to ban the import of items from the Crimea in the European Union, said on the first day of the week the Minister of foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevi?ius.

" as long as reported imports to prevent imports into the European Union from the territory of the Crimea. We took a principled stance: it imports products from the Crimea in the EU, " said Linkevi?ius Russian correspondents.

according to him, these measures will be followed by other steps in the framework of EU policy in opposition to the annexation of Crimea To Russia.

The European Union on April 23, cancelled or reduced customs duties on the majority of industrial and agricultural products from Ukraine. The decision will be effective until 1 November. By this time, as expected, the European Union will start to operate the Association agreement and free trade between Ukraine and the EU, which the parties are going to sign at the conference on 27 June in Brussels.

first European diplomat said Last news that the EU wants to introduce a ban on imports from Crimea and the environment.

Advisor to the head of the Republic of Crimea on economic problems Rustam Temirgaliev said Last news that the ban on imports from the region will not hit the Crimean manufacturers: for winemakers and growers main market is Russia, and products of the chemical plants are of high demand in China and India.

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