The Ukrainian ambassador to Poland has told PAP that there is no one in Ukraine who wants to cause any problem for Polish farmers and emphasised the importance to Ukraine of a logistic hub in Rzeszow in south-eastern Poland.
The Polish agriculture minister has said there will be no Ukrainian grain in Poland because the interests of the country’s farmers come first.
Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has said that Poland will extend a ban on imports of Ukrainian grain beyond September 15, despite the European Commission (EC) deciding to lift its own ban on Friday.
Poland will prolong a full ban on Ukrainian grain imports in order to prevent a situation in which they can destabilise Poland's agriculture, the prime minister said in a televised message on Tuesday.
The EU has been working to help Ukraine export its grain to those EU states and countries worldwide where it is in demand, the EU commissioner for agriculture told the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday.
The Polish government has appealed to the European Commission to extend the EU ban on imports of Ukrainian grain after September 15, 2023 in order to protect the interests of Polish farmers.
Warsaw and Kyiv summoned each other's ambassadors to their foreign ministries on Tuesday in a diplomatic spat between the two countries which had hitherto been staunch allies in Ukraine's war with Russia.
Grain from Ukraine will not flow to Poland after the September 15 ban expiry, Poland's agriculture minister said after meeting his EU counterparts.
Poland has allocated over PLN 15 billion (EUR 3.4 bln) for aid to farmers who have been threatened by a lack of financial liquidity because of Russia's aggression against Ukraine, the agriculture minister has said.
Farmer Emil Mieczaj had gone for a stroll near the town of Szczecinek when he came across the striped ‘cow-moo-flaged animal grazing in a nearby field.
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