Russia says to lift ban on some Egyptian fruit and vegetables

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will lift an import ban on some Egyptian fruit and vegetables, Russian news agencies cited Sergei Dankvert, head of Russian food safety watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor, as saying on Monday. Russia temporarily suspended fruit and vegetable imports from Egypt from Sept. 22 after Cairo rejected a Russian wheat shipment. (Reporting by Jack Stubbs; editing by David Clarke)