Poland will not open the border for Ukrainian grain after the end of the EU moratorium

In less than two months, on September 15, the European Commission’s moratorium on imports of Ukrainian grain to the EU will expire. At the same time, after the moratorium expires, Poland will not open the border with Ukraine for grain exports, but agrees to ensure further transit of Ukrainian grain. This was stated by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki after a meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture of Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria.

“Either after September 15, appropriate mechanisms and rules will be developed to prevent destabilization of markets in Poland and imports of agricultural products that are currently banned, or the government of the Republic of Poland will introduce this unilaterally,” the Prime Minister said.

He emphasized that Poland will primarily protect local farmers and if there is further destabilization in the markets of other agricultural products, they will also be closed for Ukrainian products.

“We stopped the flow of agricultural products by imposing an embargo on them to protect the Polish countryside and our economy,” he added.

According to Morawiecki, the war in Ukraine should not have a negative impact on Poles and should not harm local farmers, and everything that threatens the country’s agriculture should be blocked.

At the same time, he emphasized that these agreements should not be perceived as “against Ukrainians,” they are introduced to support Polish farmers.

Ukraine is strongly opposed to the EU extending the ban on agricultural supplies to Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania after September 15. Otherwise, Ukraine is forced to consider mirror measures.

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