Poland’s Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Robert Telyus said the republic could lift the ban on importing food from Ukraine. For this, the European Union must provide the appropriate tools, he said on the Polsat television channel.
“For now, the embargo will remain in place until these issues are resolved in the EU. If the European Union gives appropriate tools, safe tools, then we will think about it, and if not, we have ours, which we have already put in place,” explained the minister.
Amid protests by farmers, Warsaw and Budapest announced at the end of last week the suspension of imports of agricultural products from Ukraine, which enter the European market without customs duties. Slovakia also announced on April 24 that it was suspending the import of cereals and other products from Ukraine.
Earlier, it was reported that in early April Poland’s Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Henryk Kowalczyk resigned. The reason was unresolved issues with grain entering the country from Ukraine. In agreement with the farmers, the authorities appealed to the European Commission with a request for refusal of delivery of duty-free products, but the EC decided to extend the import of cereals until June 5 of the year next.
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