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Singapore to lift restriction on food imports from Japan’s Fukushima

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Singapore will remove restrictions on food imports from Japan’s Fukushima prefecture. These restrictions were imposed after the nuclear accident in 2011.​
Singapore to lift restriction on food imports from Japan’s Fukushima ảnh 1Some economies still restrict food imports from Japan. (Photo: Reuters)

Hanoi, (VNA) - Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Singapore willremove restrictions on food imports from Japan’s Fukushima prefecture. Theserestrictions were imposed after the nuclear accident in 2011.

Lee madethe announcement during a phone talk on May 25 with his Japanese counterpartSuga Yoshihide.

The twosides pledged to cooperate in the coming time for the fair distribution of COVID-19vaccine for developing countries.

Singaporeis one of 54 countries and territories that have applied restrictions onfoodstuff and aquaculture products from Fukushima after the incident at the FukushimaDaiichi nuclear power plant. Many countries and territories later eased the restrictionand there are only 15 countries and territories remaining in the list now.

In January2020, Singapore removed the ban on foodstuff imports from some cities in Fukushimaon the condition that shipments must have certificatesof place of origin and checks for radioactive cesium.

PM Suga and his counterpart Lee Hsien Loong also agreed to work togetherto realize a free and open Indo-Pacific region, including by stepping upeconomic and defence cooperation./.

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