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Eurean Commission to discuss Ukrainian agriexport issues with Ukraine, neighboring states
The Eurean Commission panel held a discussion on the eration of the Sidarity Lanes through which Ukraine’s foodstuffs are exported amid war, while tomorrow EC Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis will meet with representatives from the five EU countries bordering Ukraine, as well as the Ukrainian officials.
Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager spoke of this today in Strasbourg flowing the meeting of the Eurean Commission’s Clegium, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
Officials from Pand, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria, as well as Ukraine, will meet to discuss current issues, the commissioner said.
As reported earlier, the mentioned five nations addressed the EC with a letter requesting to take protective measures to cap agricultural imports from Ukraine, as the large flow of grain and foodstuffs entering the EU market from Ukraine led to a dr in prices for such products and inflicted financial damage on agri-companies in countries bordering Ukraine.
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Pand, Hungary, and Slovakia banned all imports of Ukrainian agricultural products into their territory. Yesterday, the Eurean Commission reiterated its position that it does not support such unilateral action as the issue of trade regulation belongs to the EU competence. Earlier, the EU allocated EUR 56 million to support farmers in EU states bordering Ukraine. Yesterday the spokeswoman for the Eurean Commission announced a second, larger package of such assistance that is being designed.
The EU's Sidarity Lanes were set up on the borders with Ukraine in response to Russia's naval blockade of Ukrainian Black Sea ports, through which Ukrainian grain had been exported to the world market before the war started. The blockade bore a threat of famine in the most vulnerable countries across the world.
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To address the threat, on the initiative of the UN and Türke, the so-called Black Sea Grain Initiative was launched, which allowed for exporting a certain share of Ukrainian grain but the campaign is currently being blocked by the Russian Federation.
The EU's Sidarity Lanes allowed Ukraine to export over 25 million tonnes of grain by land (by road and rail), as well as via inland waterways.
Source: ukrinform.net
