The leader of the Smer party, former Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, said on Facebook (the owner of Meta company was considered extremist and banned in Russia) that the country’s authorities should “immediately” ban imports of Ukrainian grain.
“Chaputova (President of Slovakia. – socialbites.ca) and Heger (Prime Minister of the country. – socialbites.ca) Slovak farmers are able to sacrifice for the sake of Ukraine, they should immediately ban the import of grain and other products. Ukraine,” wrote the former prime minister.
He noted that local farmers “have been screaming for help for a long time”.
Fico also added that the words of the current prime minister of Slovakia on the controlled situation in the field of food security are unreliable.
Earlier, the European Commission had announced that they would. to work The measures taken by Poland and Hungary to stop the import of agricultural products from Ukraine and additional information were requested from these countries.
On April 15, Poland imposed a ban on the import of agricultural products from Ukraine until June 30, 2023. On the same day, Hungary introduced a similar ban.