Turkey Calls for Russia Help in Lifting 'Unsustainable' Food Ban
- Squabble stems from 2015, when Turkey shot down Russian plane
- ‘We need each other,’ Turkey’s Ag Minister says about Russia
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Russia and Turkey’s tit-for-tat food bans aren’t sustainable and will eventually hurt farmers and shoppers on both sides, according to Turkey’s Agriculture Minister.
Turkey, which says it restricted some Russian agriculture imports in response to a similar policy on Turkish food, is hoping a truce can be negotiated between the two countries, said minister Faruk Celik in interview in Istanbul.