Polish farmers have agreed to suspend their blockade of one of the currently blocked Ukraine-Poland border checkpoints through Christmas and New Years, Roman Kondrów, head of the Polish farmer association Podkarpackie Deceived Village, said on Dec. 23, according to Polish news outlet RMF FM.
Since the suspension, Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said that exports to the EU from Ukraine have increased by 47.5%, and imports to Ukraine have grown by 44%.
Rafal Mekler, an organizer of the protests, also declared a set of demands that included a ban on importing sugar from Ukraine, compensation for Polish corn production, and subsidy payments for farmers.