Lithuanian agriculture minister calls for extraordinary EU ministers meeting

Following the introduction of sanctions on food imports by the Russian Federation, Lithuania's Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė has turned to Italian Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Minister Maurizio Martina, who holds the rotating presidency of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRIFISH), with a request to convene an extraordinary meeting of EU ministers of agriculture as soon as possible, possibly even in August.