The visit of specialists from the Russian Federal Service for the Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare has been postponed. They were to inspect Georgian companies producing wine and mineral water, the service told RIA Novosti on Monday.
"The postponement of the visit is connected to the fact that the Georgia has not yet agreed on a list of companies that specialists are to tour," the interlocutor of the service said.
Earlier, the Russian Federal Service for the Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare reported that Georgia does not fulfill the terms stipulated in the document designed to resume the supply of Georgian wine and mineral water to Russia. The service needs information for the document's verification. It also must get an agreed list of enterprises from the Georgian competent bodies.
Earlier, head of Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare Gennady Onishchenko held talks with the Georgian delegation to resume the supply of wine and mineral water to Russia. Head of the National Wine Agency Levan Davitashvili said then that companies are ready to receive specialists of Russian Federal Service for the Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare this week. He confirmed that the delegation may come to inspect the Georgian plants.
The import of the Georgian mineral water "Borjomi" and Georgian wines was banned by the Russian Federal Service for the Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare in spring 2006 after Georgian-Russian relations deteriorated.
Russian specialists plan to inspect more than 60 Georgian companies.