MOSCOW, September 21 Kiev this week discussed the situation with By lifting the ban on the export of Ukrainian grain from Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, the parties are looking for a compromise in resolving the current situation, which will triple all market participants, the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Nikolai Solsky said on Thursday on a national telethon..
“For several days, starting on Monday, we had negotiations with all countries — with Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia. This is due to the decision of the European Commission not to continue exports from September 15. A number of countries introduced a ban unilaterally, the European Commission proposed us to provide our plan, we provided it on Monday. Each of the countries read it — it was necessary to talk with them,» Solsky said.
He noted that Romania agreed with Kyiv’s proposals outlined in the plan and made its comments.
According to him, Slovakia also evaluates the Ukrainian plan as one that can be adopted, while Kyiv is obliged to provide all necessary documents with additional explanations by Friday. With Hungary, as the minister noted, Kyiv is carrying out the same work. He also said that he spoke with the Polish minister today; according to him, they “constructively” discussed the proposals of the Ukrainian side.
«The Polish minister has a vision of how this will work. It is necessary to provide materials in writing. A telephone call is planned next Wednesday at 9.00, a broader discussion of issues is planned so that no one will be ashamed in front of their farmers,» he concluded.
On September 15, the European Commission decided not to extend restrictions on the import of four types of Ukrainian agricultural products into several EU border countries, but obliged Kyiv to introduce export control measures. After this, the authorities of Slovakia, Hungary and Poland announced that they were extending the ban unilaterally. In particular, Hungary extended the ban on a national basis; 24 products were included in the list of prohibited imports. In addition to grains, the list included various types of meat, poultry, eggs, honey, vegetables and wine. In this regard, Ukraine filed a complaint with the WTO. In response, three EU countries announced that they would boycott meetings of the coordination platform on Ukrainian grain.