French Foreign Minister Catherina Colonna said Wednesday that Poland's decision to ban Ukrainian grain imports was unjustified, amid rising tensions between the two eastern European countries over the dispute.Citing an EU study, Colonna said that Ukrainian grain imports would not disrupt the market or cripple European farmers.
Kyiv may be gearing up for a legal battle with three of its neighbors as it now fights to free its grain on its western borders. In defiance of the European Commission’s Sept. 15 decision to lift an embargo on the domestic sale of Ukrainian agricultural products in five countries, Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia imposed their own restrictions on Ukrainian imports, despite Ukraine’s open trade agreement with the EU. Hungary expanded the embargo to include 24 Ukrainian agricultural products, including vegetables, some meat products, and honey.
Romanian farmers have asked the government to unilaterally ban the import of Ukrainian grain and other food products after the European Commission decided to li.
Spain s agriculture minister said a unilateral ban by any European Union member state on Ukrainian grain imports seemed illegal, while France said European soli.
The row between Ukraine and its neighboring member countries of the European Union over their banning of Ukrainian grain imports is escalating quickly and may lead to a serious rift, as Kiev threatens to file a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO), Paris-based geopolitical analyst Nikola Mirkovic told Sputnik.