kyiv and Warsaw have decided to suspend exports of certain grains and oilseeds to Poland, where their massive and uncontrolled influx has destabilized the local market, the two countries’ agriculture ministers announced on Friday. This agreement does not refer to the transit through Poland of these products to other countries, they told journalists.
His Ukrainian counterpart, Mycola Solsky, added that, over the next week, the two countries will work on modalities to “limit exports that will only be possible with the agreement of the Polish side”, which should lead to the signing of a bilateral agreement. . . On Wednesday, under mounting pressure from farmers staging slow-moving protests across the country and threatening to block border crossings, Poland’s former agriculture minister submitted his resignation.
A request for additional help to farmers in Central Europe
On March 31, five Central European countries, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, asked the European Commission to establish additional aid for farmers in these countries affected by these imports from Ukraine. According to them, the most serious problems occur in the countries bordering Ukraine, while the wheat that arrives from Ukraine to be transferred to other countries in the world is often left behind, causing the saturation of the silos and a significant drop in its price.
The new European measures put in place by Brussels could also contribute to fulfilling the initial objective of opening its borders to Ukrainian products blocked by the Russian invasion, that is, their export to countries in Africa and the Middle East, and thus avoid famine. , indicated in a joint letter.
Source: BFM TV
