Polish farmers have threatened to block the Yagodin-Dorogusk checkpoint for three days if the issue of selling Ukrainian grain in Poland is not resolved. It is reported by RMF FM.
Polish farmers are dissatisfied with significant exports from Ukraine, which led to a sharp drop in purchase prices for Polish grain.
A meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture of Poland and Ukraine is taking place in Dorohusk on Friday. The new head of the Polish ministry, Robert Telus, is negotiating with Mykola Solsky on the supply of Ukrainian grain, which is sold on the Polish market instead of going to starving countries. This led to a sharp drop in purchase prices for Polish grain.
The protesting farmers are waiting for concrete decisions from the government. They announced that on Wednesday following Easter they would block the crossing in Doroguska for three days.
“We are waiting for the fulfillment of the demands, not the minister at the border,” said Vladislav Serafin, president of the farmers’ organization Kółki Rolnicze.
Protesting farmers in Szczecin do not plan to block the streets with tractors until Thursday, but then they say the strike will intensify.
Robert Telus replaced Henryk Kowalczyk as Minister of Agriculture, who in turn retained the portfolio of Deputy Prime Minister. At a press conference on Thursday, Telus promised that he “will do everything to ensure that the checks are thorough” and that “grain of undetermined quality does not end up in Europe, and therefore in Poland.”
He acknowledged that the most important task now is to unload the granaries before the start of the current harvest. If 3-4 million tons remain, it will be a very good situation,” he said.
“We can’t get rid of grain to zero because it’s a reserve for food security,” he added.
