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Ukraine calls on Brussels not to extend the ban on imports of grain

Minister of Agriculture and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solsky The European Commission asked on Tuesday not to extend its veto power over grain imports granted to Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and Slovakia. After June 5 because it considers that “this is not the way” to resolve the situation.

This came after participating in the meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture in the European Union, which will be held today, Tuesday, in Brussels, in reference to the activated preventive measure. To help the five member states bordering Ukraine to deal with the resulting embargo A growing import from Kyiv.

“This is not the way, ”the Ukrainian minister, who expressed his rejection of the Brussels procedure, emphasized. Because after the May 2 veto declaration, Ukraine faced obstacles from Russia for using the Black Sea corridor that prevented them from loading grain at ports for ten days.

Solsky warned about it Russia is ‘trying to exploit this situation’who asked not to be granted this possibility, before pointing out that it was “difficult to understand” why this temporary veto affected seeds such as rapeseed, which lacked restrictions before the war. “I don’t understand what the idea is to restrain him during the war“, he added.