Romanian farmers and truckers started blocking another border crossing with Ukraine as protests in Romania have continued for over a week, Ukraine's State Border Guard Service reported on Jan. 18.
The Siret-Porubne and Vicovu de Sus-Krasnoilsk border crossings on the Ukrainian-Romanian border remain blocked by protesting Romanian farmers, despite an agreement reached with the Romanian government, Ihor Zarudnyev, an assistant to the head of Chernivtsi regional Border Guard Service, told Ukrinform news agency on Jan. 17.
The Romanian Agriculture Ministry agreed to meet several of the demands of the Romanian farmers who have been blocking the country's major roads and two crossings on the border with Ukraine, Euractiv reported on Jan. 16.
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