From April 21, Poland will cancel the ban on the transit of Ukrainian grain through its territory, but will maintain an embargo on its import to the Polish market.
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This was announced on Tuesday, April 18, following negotiations by representatives of both countries.
As a result of our negotiations, which lasted two days, we decided that the transit of Ukrainian goods through Poland would be unblocked from Thursday to Friday,” Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Seredenko was quoted by Ukrinform as saying.
Seredenko spoke at a press conference in Warsaw together with the Minister of Agriculture of Ukraine Mykola Solsky, the Minister of Agriculture of Poland Robert Telus and the Minister of Development and Technology of Poland Waldemar Buddha.
Poland and Hungary on April 15 announced a temporary ban on the import of Ukrainian grain, explaining this by the need to protect their farmers from falling prices for their products caused by the influx of cheaper Ukrainian agricultural products.
On Monday, Slovakia joined them, but it only banned the sale of Ukrainian grain on its market, but not its transit to other countries.
These decisions were condemned by the European Commission, saying that the foreign trade policy of the European Union should be coordinated.
The ban on the import of grain and the strikes of farmers caused long queues at the Ukrainian-Polish border.
Source: Racurs
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