Poland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania will demand from the European Commission to extend the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain and other crops until the end of the year.
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This was stated by the Minister of Agriculture of Poland Robert Telus.
We support a ban on imports to our countries until the end of the year. My point is that even if this fails, some countries will impose their own restrictions. Our declaration is clear,” Telus quoted Reuters as saying.
According to him, the ministers of agriculture of the five countries want to expand the list of prohibited products. Poland, for example, wants to add raspberries there.
The current ban ends September 15th. Ukraine’s European neighbors allow the transit of grain, but do not want to buy it, so as not to collapse their own agricultural market with low prices for Ukrainian goods.
Recall that on August 1, Polish Ambassador to Ukraine Bartosz Cichocki was summoned to the Foreign Ministry in Kyiv because of the statements of the head of the office for international policy in the administration of Andrzej Duda Marcin Przydacz.
In an interview with the Polish media, Przydach noted that Ukraine received really great support from Poland and that it “should start to appreciate the role that Poland has played for Ukraine in recent months and years.” The corresponding statements of the Polish official were made in the context of the situation with blocking the export of Ukrainian grain through Poland.
Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki sharply condemned Kyiv’s decision to summon the Polish ambassador to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs because of Przydacz’s statements. In response, Poland announced the summons of Ukrainian Ambassador Vasily Zvarych.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky intervened in a diplomatic row between Warsaw and Kiev. He urged not to let political moments spoil relations between the Ukrainian and Polish peoples.
Source: Racurs
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