09:03, 13 May 2009 | GMT +5
Four nations lift temporary bans on pork import from Mexico
MEXICO CITY. May 13. KAZINFORM Ecuador, Kazakhstan, the United Arab Emirates and Honduras have lifted temporary restrictions on pork imports from Mexico, the Economy Ministry said Tuesday, Kazinform refers to Xinhuanet.

The four countries responded positively to the ministry's request to lift their bans, imposed after the A/H1N1 flu broke out in Mexico late last month, the ministry said in a statement.
Mexico's Economy Minister Gerardo Ruiz Mateos had sent letters to his counterparts in the four nations, demanding they clarify the nature and scope of the import bans and saying they broke international treaties by imposing such bans.
The ministry said that it would use all means of persuasion at its disposal in an efforts remove the bans, Kazinform cites Xinhuanet.
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