After more than six hours of intensive discussions, the negotiations aimed at unblocking Polish-Ukrainian border have concluded, the Ukrainian Infrastructure Ministry reported on Facebook on March 28.
U.K. Defense Secretary Grant Shapps urged Europe not to restrict imports from Ukraine, pointing out London's decision to extend tariff-free and quota-free imports from Ukraine for most goods for another five years.
Polish farmers base their hatred of Ukrainian grain on myths, and the campaign in Poland against agricultural products from Ukraine is unfounded, stated Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland Vasyl Zvarych on Facebook on Feb. 26.
Michał Kołodziejczak, Polish Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, has not ruled out further restrictions on Ukrainian imports. Source: Kołodziejczak in the broadcast of Polsat News, as reported by European Pravda Details: On the broadcast, Kołodziejczak was asked, among other questions, whether the government is considering imposing a unilateral embargo on the import of food products from Ukraine.
Michał Kołodziejczak, Poland's Deputy Agriculture Minister, has confirmed that the influx of Ukrainian grain that caused Polish farmers to block the border in protest is bound for destinations further afield, adding that "they could have protested at another border".