Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olga Stefanishina said in a statement to Rada TV channel that Kiev did not expect such a harsh discourse from Warsaw regarding grain exports.
“Of course, this is a very unexpected situation for us. “A very harsh rhetoric was used by Poland,” he said.
Stefanishyna noted that “manipulation and blackmail” regarding grain exports from Ukraine is very sensitive for the country because Kiev has no other way to export agricultural products outside the European Union.
The Deputy Prime Minister also noted that Ukraine and Poland remain competitors in the grain market.
On September 15, the European Commission decided renovation The impact of the embargo on grain supplies from Ukraine.
Waldemar Buda, also Polish Minister of Development and Technology reportedHe said he signed an order to expand the ban on grain supplies to the country from Ukraine.
Previously Kyiv in the name Warsaw will take a “reasonable decision” regarding the grain embargo.