The Russian agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said Tuesday it had received a letter from Iran vowing that it would take all measures possible to prevent the banned Turkish food products disguised as those from Iran from entering the Russian market.

MOSCOW (Sputnik)���Rosselkhoznadzor has requested that Iran provide information on�the phytosanitary certificates it has received, as�well as�on the authorization of�certificates which Russia is conducting from�January 2016 onward, after�Moscow introduced special economic measures against�Turkey.
"The Iranian side assured�Rosselkhoznadzor�that it shares such concerns, and will take all possible steps to�prevent the import of�banned Turkish products to�the Russian market," the watchdog said in�a statement.


The Iranian national quarantine service will send Rosselkhoznadzor information it has requested in�the next 24 hours.

The downing of�Russia�s�Su-24�frontline bomber over�Syria by�a Turkish jet on�November 24 damaged relations between�Moscow and Ankara. In the wake of�the incident, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on�the economic measures against�Ankara.

The decree includes a ban on�employment of�Turkish citizens by�Russian employers, a food import ban on�certain categories of�products, as�well as�a ban on�charter flights in�both directions. The bans came into�force on�January 1.
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