Following Russia's suit, Armenia banned the import of vegetables from Europe due to enteric infection outbreak, according to Armenian Agriculture Minister. As Sergo Karapetyan told a news conference in Yerevan, despite the ban, European vegetables have never been imported to Armenia, consequently, no deficit on the market is expected, with local manufacturers producing enough vegetables to meet internal demand.

On June 2, Russia has extended its ban on vegetable imports to allof the EU in a bid to prevent a deadly European bacterial outbreak from spreading into the country. Researchers are still unable to pinpoint the cause of the E coli outbreak that has hit Germany and other European countries, infecting 1,500 people and leaving 17 people dead.