Diplomatic dispute threatens Ecuadorian banana exports to Russia
On 2 February, the Russian veterinary and phytosanitary service Rosseljoznadzor called on Ecuadorian Agriculture Minister Franklin Palacios to suspend the certification of the country's five banana plantations after "the Megaselia scalaris fly, which is dangerous for Russia and the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union, was systematically found in shipments of Ecuadorian

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