The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Policy of Ukraine, in response to the ban on imports of agricultural products to Poland from Ukraine, proposed on Saturday on the Polish side to agree on a new memorandum on cooperation and to jointly investigate abuses. Polish Agriculture Minister Robert Telus told PAP that talks on the issue could take place on Monday.
Polish Development and Technology Minister Waldemar Buda announced on Twitter on Saturday that, in accordance with the decision of the Council of Ministers, he has signed a regulation banning imports of agricultural products from Ukraine. The regulation assumes that no later than June 30 this year. There is an import ban from Ukraine, eg grains, sugar, eggs.
The Ukrainian side proposes a “new memorandum of understanding”.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Agriculture wrote in a communiqué that “currently solving various kinds of problems through unilateral cardinal actions will not accelerate the positive resolution of the situation”. There should be no misunderstandings between our countries and economic entities, he stressed.
For our part, we propose (to): agree in the coming days on a new Memorandum of Understanding with the Polish side, which will take into account the interests of Ukraine and Poland in the spirit of constructive, reliable and effective cooperation of both countries and will properly settle the issue of transit of agricultural products through the territory of Poland
the ministry reported.
“I think there will be a meeting on Monday.”
Polish Agriculture Minister Robert Telus, commenting on the communication from the Ukrainian Ministry of Agriculture and Food Policy to PAP, said:
Of course we are open, we will talk about it in the near future. I think there will be a meeting with the Ukrainian side on Monday to discuss these matters.
When asked where and in what format the meeting would take place, he replied that it was being prepared.
“The decisions of the Polish side are contrary to our agreements.”
In its communiqué, the Ukrainian Ministry assured that Ukraine is ready to cooperate with Poland in investigating abuses that might have occurred in a particular matter and led to the current situation. The ministry ruled that “crisis phenomena are intended to encourage our countries to cooperate even more closely in all areas to remove the root cause of these problems, which is Russian aggression.”
The ministry “deplores the decision of Polish colleagues to temporarily restrict exports to and from Poland (including transit) of agricultural products from Ukraine.” The ministry noted that “it has always been in favor of open, constructive and mutually beneficial cooperation in accordance with the Association and Free Trade Agreements between Ukraine and the EU.”
The decisions of the Polish side are contrary to our agreements
it rated. The ministry indicated that it “always understands the situation in the Polish agricultural sector and responds operationally to various challenges”.
A week ago we agreed that until July 1, 2023, wheat, maize, sunflower and rapeseed will only flow through Poland in transit. This week, he continued, we reached a number of agreements to develop mutually beneficial agricultural cooperation and solve logistical problems, and agreed on the text of the Memorandum of Understanding.
We understand that Polish farmers are in a difficult situation, but we emphasize that Ukrainian farmers are currently in the most difficult situation. It is on the territory of Ukraine that the war takes place, it is Ukrainian peasants who suffer huge losses as a result of the Russian war against Ukraine, and it is Ukrainian peasants who perish in their fields from Russian mines. At the same time, Ukrainian agricultural producers understand the needs of their Polish colleagues, hope for mutual understanding and expect constructive dialogue to reach an agreed solution
– we read in the communiqué of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Policy of Ukraine.
In turn, the Ukrainian Minister of Agriculture and Food Policy, Mykola Solski, emphasized during the briefing that 500,000 to 700,000 are being exported from Ukraine across the Polish border in several months. tons of products, such as grain, oil, sugar, eggs, meat, according to the agency Ukrinform.
If we take into account all the exports that cross the Polish border, and part of it stays in Poland, and part goes through transit, then we have a total of 500,000 to 700,000 tons of different products, depending on the month
said the minister.
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Source: wPolityce