After weeks of arguments and unpleasant exchanges between Ukraine and Poland, the two states have returned to constructive talks and concluded a joint agreement on the transit of Ukrainian grain.
Together with Lithuania, the two countries agreed to accelerate exports to Africa and the Middle East. In view of this, exports shipped through Lithuanian ports will no longer be checked at the Polish-Ukrainian border from Wednesday, Polish Agriculture Minister Robert Telus said.
Accordingly, Lithuania will take “full responsibility” for the inspection of the goods. Poland will continue to build transit corridors “because it is good for Polish farmers, for Ukraine, for the European Union and for the whole world.”
Diplomatic disruptions
The war in Ukraine has blocked the classic export route for Ukrainian grain across the Black Sea. The EU has imposed trade restrictions on land transport on Ukraine to protect farmers in transit countries including Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania. Grain from Ukraine was allowed to be transported through the countries, but not sold there. When the restrictions expired, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia extended the ban, causing diplomatic tensions with Kiev.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sparked outrage in Warsaw when he told the United Nations General Assembly in New York that his government was trying to preserve land routes for exports, but the “political theater” surrounding it only helped Moscow. In response, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said: “I would like to tell President Zelensky never to insult Poland again, as he recently did in his speech to the United Nations.”
Source: Krone
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