We are convinced that any pan-European or national decision that further restricts Ukrainian agricultural exports will not only lack any basis and be against the law, but will also harm the general economic interests of Ukraine, the EU member states and the EU as a whole, as well as have a destabilizing effect on the global also for the food market
– reads the statement.
In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine accused the countries of the European Union of violating European standards.
On September 15, the ban of the European Commission on the import of Ukrainian cereals to EU member states expires. Ukraine expects that the European side will then lift all restrictions on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products. This step can put an end to the violation of the provisions of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and the principles and rules of the single European market
the ministry underlined.
Earlier, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia jointly appealed to the EU with the request to extend the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain after September 15.
Piotr Müller On Tuesday, a Polish government spokesman told the Polish commercial news channel Polsat: Warsaw is willing to introduce a unilateral ban on the import of Ukrainian grain if the EU does not extend the EU ban beyond September 15. Denis Smihal the Prime Minister of Ukraine, on the other hand, threatened to turn to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in this case.
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