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BORDER NEWS * Lithuania and Russia: Resolve Trade Feud
Moscow,Russia -The Moscow Times, by Nadia Popova -14 August 2009: -- Russian and Lithuanian customs officials have come to an agreement on a dispute over vehicle inspections, both sides said Thursday — after Russia’s agricultural watchdog banned imports of dairy products from four Lithuanian producers... Hundreds of trucks have been waiting on the Lithuanian-Russian border in lines that have stretched dozens of kilometers since August, when Russian customs officials tightened inspections on Lithuanian trucks after finding numerous customs violations... “We have agreed that we will submit the list of the most reliable transport companies to the Russian customs authorities on Friday, so that they have a facilitated access to the Russian territory,” a Lithuanian customs department spokeswoman said after the talks on Thursday... “We will also exclude 29 transportation companies that have violated the TIR system,” she said. The TIR Treaty is an international convention that provides for a unified system of road transport... (Images from panoramio: Lithuanian - Russian border)
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