The 77th meeting of the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (the SPS Committee) was held in the period from June 24 to June 26. The meeting was conducted through video-conferencing. 

On June 22, 2020, the Rosselkhoznadzor and the State Center for Quality of Veterinary Drugs and Feedstuff (FGBI VGNKI) held a meeting with the Head of the OIE Regional Representation Budimir Plavsic. 

The teleconference between the representatives of the Rosselkhoznadzor and the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC of the P.R.C.) took place on June 3. The officials of the Trade Representation of Russia in China also participated in the talks. 

On April 16 Assistant to the Head of the Rosselkhoznadzor Artyom Daushev held a videoconference with Head of the International Affairs Department of the National Service of Agri-Food Health and Quality (SENASA) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Argentine Republic, Miguel Donatelli to discuss animal feed export from Russia to Argentina.  

On February 20, talks between the Rosselkhoznadzor and the European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) were held via videoconference. 

On February 14, Sergey Dankvert, Head of the Rosselkhoznadzor, met with Bogdan Igic, State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of the Republic of Serbia, in Moscow. A representative of the Serbian Embassy in Russia took part in the talks. 

The meeting between Sergey Dankvert, Head of the Rosselkhoznadzor, Dr Jean-Philippe Dop, the OIE Deputy Director General and Romano Marabelli,  Advisor to the OIE Director General, was held on February 11. Representatives of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Russian Ministry of Economic Development also participated in the meeting. 

The negotiations between Head of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Sergey Dankvert and State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Resources of the Republic of Serbia Bogdan Igich will be held on February 14, 2020. The parties will discuss current issues of cooperation in the veterinary and phytosanitary field. 

The meeting between Head of the Rosselkhoznadzor and Deputy Director General of the World Organization for Animal Health Jean-Philippe Dop will be held on February 11 in Moscow. 

On January 23, the representatives of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance held consultations with experts and technical specialists of the Directorate General of the European Commission for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE). The talks focused on integration of information systems for veterinary control.