KIEV, April 11 – The Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry hopes to resume exports of Ukrainian hard cheese to Russia in the middle of May, Agricultural Policy and Food Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk said during a briefing on Wednesday.

"We've sent [the relevant documents], and we're waiting for a response and a decision. Today Rospotrebnadzor experts are working in Pyriatyn, and then they will go to Mena. So, we hope that the issues will be settled in April or in the middle of May, especially considering the fact that the Russian side is waiting for our products," the minister said.

When asked whether palm oil was found in Ukrainian cheese, Prysiazhniuk said, "Fortunately [no]."

On April 10, Ukrainian Economic Development and Trade Minister Petro Poroshenko said that he would visit Moscow to discuss the issue of exports of Ukrainian cheese to Russia.