Kyiv sent notes of protest to Poland and the EU due to the blocking of grain imports

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry told Poland and the European Union about the unacceptability of the situation with restrictions on the import of agricultural products from Ukraine. This was announced by the official representative of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Oleg Nikolenko on his pages in social networks.

Nikolenko said that on April 28, the Polish embassy in Kyiv and the EU representative office received notes from the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry about the categorical unacceptability of the situation of trade restrictions on the import of agricultural products from Ukraine.

He stressed that such restrictions, no matter what reasons they are justified, allegedly do not comply with the Association Agreement between Kiev and the European Union and the principles and norms of the EU Single Market.

Oleg Nikolenko also argues that there are supposedly all legal grounds for resuming the export of farmers’ products from Ukraine to Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria, and also for continuing unimpeded exports to other countries in the European Union and beyond.

Earlier it was reported that the European Commission agreed with Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria to limit the export of Ukrainian grain to the European Union.

On April 15, Poland decided to temporarily ban grain imports from Ukraine. Warsaw said the measure was designed to protect its own market. A similar decision was made by Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria.

The countries noted that they took such a measure due to the lack of response from the European Commission to the demands to help Hungarian and Polish farmers who faced losses due to the influx of Ukrainian grain.

The press service of the European Commission stated that they considered unacceptable the temporary bans imposed by Hungary and Poland on the supply of agricultural products from Ukraine.