The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine noted that the decisions of the Polish side contradict the agreements.
On Saturday, April 15, official Warsaw approved the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain and other agricultural products to Poland, while stressing that this decision does not change the country’s position in supporting Ukraine in war with Russia. This was reported by RMF24.
“Today the government adopted a decree banning the import of grain into Poland, as well as dozens of other types of food products, I cannot list them all. They were given to appendix to this decree – from declared grain to honey. products, many products,” said the head of Poland’s ruling conservative Law and Justice party, Jarosław Kaczynski.
According to him, this decision was made taking into account “the asymmetry between Polish and Ukrainian agriculture, which is a consequence of the quality of the land, significantly lower wages in Ukraine and, finally, the fact that in Ukraine, mainly international companies operate. in large areas for extensive infrastructure.
He noted that the crisis that may result from the import of Ukrainian grain will affect all Poles, and stressed the duty of the Polish government to protect the interests of its citizens in the first place and added that the decision that it was done not only in interests. of Poland.
“It is also in the interest of Ukraine, because it is not in the interest of our friends that Poland falls into a crisis and people come to power here who will change this policy of radical support for Ukraine,” said Kaczynski.
The government added that these changes do not affect friendship with Ukraine and its support for an aggressive war with Russia.
Poland has informed the Ukrainian side about the decisions made and is ready to start negotiations to resolve this issue in the form of an interstate agreement. Kaczynski added that we are talking about the main things.
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine noted that the decisions of the Polish side contradict the agreements.
“The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine regrets the adoption by Polish colleagues of the decision to temporarily restrict the export to / and through the territory of Poland (including transit) of agricultural products from Ukraine,” the message said.
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine proposed in the coming days to agree on the Polish side a new Memorandum of Understanding that takes into account the interests of Ukraine and Poland in the spirit of constructive, reliable, effective cooperation for both countries and properly regulated. the issue of transit of agricultural products through Poland.
“We understand that Polish farmers are in a difficult situation, but we emphasize that now Ukrainian farmers are in the most difficult situation. On the territory of Ukraine where the war is going on, Ukrainian farmers who are suffering massive losses from Russia’s war against Ukraine, and Ukrainian farmers who are dying in their own fields from Russian mines. to make a unanimous decision,” the Ukrainian ministry said in a statement .
Recall that Ukraine exports a significant part of grain through the land border with Poland in connection with the full invasion of the Russian Federation and difficult export by sea. Most of the Ukrainian food, which should go in transit to other states, began to settle in the country. This caused protests among Polish farmers and led to the resignation of Agriculture Minister Henryk Kowalczyk.
The situation is also aggravated by the fact that the EU has extended the duty-free import of agricultural products from Ukraine.
To resolve the situation, Kyiv and Warsaw agreed that until the new season, Ukraine will stop exporting wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower to Poland.
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