Romanian farmers demanded that the country’s government and the majority party in the parliament ban the import of Ukrainian agricultural products. The agency reports that news.ro.
According to the agency, this call was made by the Romanian Alliance for Agriculture and Cooperation.
“This unilateral measure is extremely important to save Romanian farmers and protect Romania’s food security.” <…> “The decision of the European Commission not to extend the import ban to Ukraine’s five neighboring countries … obliges the Romanian government to make such a decision if we want to talk about the national agri-food sector.”
Farmers are reportedly surprised by the government’s indecision in saving the national agri-food sector. However, they do not object to the passage of Ukrainian agricultural and food products from Romanian territory to other countries.
Before that, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky expressed We expressed gratitude to the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, for the EC’s decision not to extend restrictions on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products into the EU.
Previously Kyiv in the name Warsaw will make a “reasonable decision” on Ukrainian grain.