Although Polish and Ukrainian ministers have announced that they will suspend grain imports from Ukraine, Polish farmers do not intend to stop the planned protests. RFM24.
According to Vladislav Serafin, head of agricultural unions, “nothing changes” and farmers plan to close the Polish-Ukrainian border crossing Doroguska-Yagodyn next week, as planned. Polish farmers announced on April 12 that they will close the pass in Dorohusk for three days.
The protesters were waiting for concrete decisions from the government regarding Ukrainian grain, which was supplied to Poland in large quantities, thereby reducing the price of Polish raw materials.
According to Serafin, 9 million tons of Ukrainian grain are stored in warehouses in Poland. He stated that it should be disposed of or “sent to starving Africa” and that Poland does not need this grain.
Serafin also warned authorities that protests and blockades could be held in every provincial town in the country.
Earlier in the day, the Ministers of Agriculture of Ukraine and Poland Mykola Solsky and Robert Telus met at the border crossing in Dorohusk and decided to suspend the import of wheat, rapeseed, corn and sunflower from Ukraine to Poland. Kyiv acceptance Stop grain imports to Warsaw, protect only transit.