Polish President Andrzej Duda stated this Sunday that he will maintain the ban on the entry of Ukrainian cereals into the Polish market, but proposed increasing the transit of these products through Poland.
Days after the conflict between Kiev and Warsaw – where there are elections in three weeks – worsened to the point that the Polish Government put on the table the possibility of not donating more weapons to the neighboring country at war, the statements of Hesitates in an attempt to relieve the tension.
“I think it is correct that the Polish government has maintained the ban on selling Ukrainian grains on the Polish market. However, I am convinced that everything must be done to ensure the greatest possible traffic,” Duda told public channel TVP1.
“Unfortunately, during the war, this cereal barely reached the countries that really needed it, at the same time it flooded markets like the Polish one,” he noted.
The Polish president stated, however, that it is “completely false” that imports have been completely stopped and stated that transit through Poland continues to be carried out through special corridors created for this purpose.
Duda maintained that the difficult situation forced the Warsaw Government to take “radical” measures to support its farmers, in the absence of support from Brussels, unilaterally expanding its veto on the import of Ukrainian products once the restrictions imposed at the community level expired. . .
The Polish president, however, avoided new criticism of Ukraine, after, in a verbal escalation last Wednesday, he described the Kiev Government as “a man who is drowning and clinging to everything he can” and who is legitimate “protect yourself.” .
These statements came after Ukraine filed a complaint against Poland with the World Trade Organization (WTO) and threatened to ban imports of Polish agricultural products.
A meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which should have taken place last week, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, was officially canceled due to lack of time.
On Saturday, on his return trip to Ukraine, Zelensky nevertheless made a surprise visit to the city of Lublin, in eastern Poland, where he met with members of civil society and thanked “all of Poland” for its “invaluable support.” “.
Following the lifting of community restrictions imposed at the request of Ukraine’s neighboring countries, kyiv reached an agreement in principle with Romania and Slovakia, but Poland and Hungary still maintain them.
Source: TSF
