Ambassador of Armenia to Russia Vardan Toghanyan and Head of the Department for Trade and Services of Moscow Alexey Nemeryuk have discussed the situation regarding the fact that Armenian produce isn’t allowed to be sold at Food City market in Moscow, RIA Novosti reports.

According to Nemeryuk, Armenia’s truckers entered the market and didn’t face any problems today.

“I talked to the Ambassador a short while ago. All the apricots have been sold, and three truckers were allowed to enter the market today and didn’t face any problems,” Nemeryuk said.

Earlier, the Ambassador of Armenia to Russia had reported that the trade of fruits imported from Armenia has been normalized in Moscow, and the owners of Food City market have promised to let Armenian truckers bring their produce.

“The Embassy of Armenia in Russia is following the situation at Food City. The owners have promised that everything will be fine, if Armenian truckers decide to bring their produce to the market. Two truckers were able to enter the market last night,” he said.

Yesterday, in an interview with the Russian RBK agency, Toghanyan informed that the employees of the Embassy of Armenia in the Russian Federation had visited Food City market to regulate the situation, but were told to leave the premises.

The Embassy of Armenia in Russia received messages from Armenian exporters according to which they had been prohibited from trading at Food City. The Embassy explored the situation, informed the Moscow authorities about the discrepancies, and representatives of the diplomatic mission visited the market. Food City’s administration didn’t wish to listen to the representatives and ‘used force to make them leave’.

News about trucks filled with Armenian goods being brought out of Moscow’s Food City market at midnight was posted on social networks Friday. Some suppliers reported that the food was already rotten.

The Food City market belongs to the Food City group of companies, which is owned by natives of Azerbaijan, entrepreneurs God Nisanov and Zarakh Iliev.

The trucks have been offered alternative locations in Moscow to sell their goods. The owner of Tashir Group Samvel Karapetyan has earlier today offered a point where farmers from Armenia could sell the product free of charge.

Armenian social media users, in turn, launched a flashmob. To support goods, Armenians from different Russian cities have come to the sites to buy fruits.

The host of events Edgar Hambardzumyan took to his Facebook to go live from the scene. He also said that umbrellas were distributed to those present to protect them from the rain.

Musicians also arrived. Armenian songs and dances were performed in the wholesale shopping center.

The apricot from two trucks has already been sold, the third and fourth trucks have arrived, including those with cherries and plums.