Marta Kos: ‘When you go to the supermarket, watch out for Armenian apricots, plums or cherries’

European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos called on her audience on Facebook to support Armenia by buying its fruits now banned by Russia.

“When you go to the supermarket, watch out for Armenian apricots, plums or cherries. It’s a chance to do something small that can help Armenian farmers and support their country’s democratic choice,” Marta Kos posted on Facebook.

“Apricots are symbolic of a shift that is taking place in Armenia,” Marta Kos wrote on Facebook. “At last month’s election, the majority of Armenians voted for parties that want a closer partnership with the EU. Russia had tried to influence the vote by restricting imports of Armenian fruit and flowers. In turn, the EU helped Armenia by opening its market to many of these products.”

The European Commissioner also posted pictures of the jam she made from Armenian apricots.

She wrote that she brought a huge basket of apricots from her last trip in Armenia last week: “Many of them went to friends. The rest I turned into jam. A friend looked at the jam and said, ‘Jars of freedom’. I thought that was a beautiful way of putting it.”

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