Tusk, the head of the Polish government, said that Kiev and Warsaw are closer to a solution on the grain issue, but this will not suit everyone. Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmygal noted that there are “positive trends and dynamics” regarding the lifting of the blockade.
Kiev and Warsaw could not agree on the passage of Ukrainian grain through Polish territory. Meetings on this issue will continue. This was stated by the Minister of Agricultural Policy of Ukraine Nikolai Solsky in an interview with Forbes following the results of two days of negotiations between the governments and expert associations of both countries.
The Minister announced that negotiations were held on March 27 with the participation of ministries of agriculture and specialized unions, and on March 28, they discussed the problem at the government level. Solsky said that the Polish side was invited to work on the basis of the licenses that Ukraine uses when working with Romania and Bulgaria.
The Ukrainian minister said, “Polish associations accepted this as normal. However, there was a discussion about transit. We could have agreed on this part yesterday, but unfortunately not everyone was ready to agree immediately.”
As a result of the negotiations, no agreement was reached on opening the border.
“Unfortunately, this did not work the first time. But we are now much closer to lifting the limit than yesterday,” Solsky said.
The minister did not make predictions about when he still hopes that the issue of transit of Ukrainian grain through Poland will be resolved.
“Now Poles are celebrating holidays, the isolation regime at most borders will be relaxed, and in some places the barrier can be removed. We will see what happens next,” added the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Agricultural Policy.
Negotiations between Shmygal and Tusk
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal, in a joint briefing with Polish government head Donald Tusk, recalled that Ukrainian grain did not enter the Polish market because the Ukrainian government had introduced a verification procedure for four grain products: corn, rapeseed, sunflower and wheat.
“I can say that we are definitely making progress in lifting the blockade. Our plan is being implemented. Not as quickly as we would like, but we definitely have positive trends and dynamics,” Shmygal said.
In response, Donald Tusk said that Kiev and Warsaw are closer to a solution on the grain issue, but this will not suit everyone.
“Neither Prime Minister Shmygal nor I will be 100% satisfied. But this is modern politics. We are looking for solutions that may not fully satisfy everyone, but will protect the fundamental interests of Polish farmers and producers. Ukrainian,” says Tusk.
Let us recall that on February 28, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that the Ukrainian border would probably be completely blockaded.
On March 20, farmers protested across Poland. More than 70 thousand farmers participated in the demonstrations.
Source: Focus
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