Romania will not ban grain imports from Ukraine and will await the European Commission’s decision on the matter, Romania’s Agriculture Minister Petre Daea said on Friday, quoted by Reuters.
Weekly consultations with Ukraine
However, Romania and Ukraine will hold weekly talks on grain imports in an effort to limit imports
– said Daea after meeting with the Minister of Agriculture of Ukraine Mykola Solski in Bucharest.
The Romanian government on Thursday asked the European Commission for permission to stop imports of maize flour and flour from Ukraine.
We have initiated all possible procedures to get out of the financial problems caused by the influx of cheap grains from Ukraine
said the head of the Romanian Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday.
The Romanian government will seal and check the shipments
He also called on members of the government to act to protect the interests of domestic farmers, as well as for unity within the government on this issue.
Daea informed Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Solski on Wednesday that the Romanian government intends to control the transit of grain from Ukraine by sealing shipments crossing the border and tracking their movements within the country.
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Source: wPolityce