Grain, Minister of Agriculture of Ukraine in Poland

Grain, Minister of Agriculture of Ukraine in Poland

Sep 21, 2023 - 17:25
Grain, Minister of Agriculture of Ukraine in Poland
Grain, Minister of Agriculture of Ukraine in Poland


  Kiev's Agriculture Ministry, Mykola Solskyopo, ... went to Warsaw after the Polish government announced that it wanted to continue the blockade of Ukrainian cereal imports at least until the end of the year. “Ukraine and Poland will discuss the wheat dispute "in the next few days": the Kiev regime says. "The subsequent negotiations will take place in the next few days, during which the issues prepared by both sides will be discussed," he said. declared the Ukrainian ministry in a statement. In the midst of its counter-offensive - which is now a failure -, ... the Kiev regime has lost one of its most convinced allies.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki stated, in a television interview, that Poland will not transfer "any more arms to Ukraine, because now we are arming ourselves, we must defend ourselves". An unexpected declaration a few hours after Warsaw had "urgently" summoned the Ukrainian ambassador to protest against Zelensky's attack, who, in his speech to the Nations United, had pointed the finger at some countries for which solidarity with Ukraine is only "political theater", while with their actions they "prepare the ground for Russia". If tomorrow US President Biden announces, precisely in the bilateral with the Ukrainian president, a new military aid package - but it seems not the expected ATACMS - Kiev will lose its closest ally, even geographically, which felt linked to Ukraine by the threat Russian."

Ukraine - said the Polish Prime Minister - is defending itself from the attack by Russia, and I understand this situation, but, as I said, we will defend our country. We will no longer transfer weapons to Ukraine, because now we are arming Poland", he said when the journalist asked him about Warsaw's military and humanitarian support for Kiev despite tensions over wheat. In fact, Polish-Ukrainian relations had been significantly complicated for months due to the embargo imposed by Warsaw on Kiev's wheat imports. The Polish government wants to keep Ukrainian seeds outside its borders to protect its farmers, who constitute an important electoral base for the current governing party. Tensions that were accentuated after the European Commission's decision not to extend restrictions on the import of Kiev wheat and the refusal of Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to drop the ban.