Ukraine to sue Poland, Hungary and Slovakia over food import bans

Ukraine plans to writer Poland, Hungary and Slovakia implicit bans connected Ukrainian cultivation products, according to a connection from the country's Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky connected Monday.

The EU imposed restrictions successful May that allowed 5 of Ukraine's neighbours to prohibition home income of Ukrainian wheat, maize, rapeseed and sunflower seeds, while allowing transit of specified cargoes for export elsewhere.

Poland, Slovakia and Hungary announced their ain restrictions connected Ukrainian atom imports connected Friday 15 September, after the European Commission declined to widen its prohibition connected imports into Ukraine's 5 EU neighbours.

Warsaw, Bratislava and Budapest assertion to beryllium acting successful the interests of their economies and that their bans are not aimed astatine Ukraine, but astatine protecting their farmers from a glut of products.

Politico quoted Ukrainian commercialized typical Taras Kachka arsenic saying it is important to beryllium these actions arsenic "legally wrong".

He further reportedly told Politico that Ukraine could enforce reciprocal measures connected the import of effect and vegetables if Warsaw doesn't driblet its further measures.

Ukraine whitethorn person enactment from Spanish agriculture curate Luis Planas Puchades.

He said the prohibition connected Ukrainian atom by immoderate subordinate states looked illegal.

"The information that immoderate subordinate state -- I'm not judging 1 subordinate country, but immoderate subordinate state -- takes unilateral enactment restricting what is the entree to the azygous market, seems to maine thing that is retired of the law," helium told journalists, adding that it was up to the European Commission to beryllium the judge.

Polish Agriculture Minister Robert Telus said Warsaw's prohibition covers 4 cereals.

However it has besides been extended to see meals from these cereals: corn, wheat, and rapeseed.

Kyiv has already said it could question planetary arbitration implicit the restrictions.

Ukrainian farmers person relied connected atom exports done neighbouring countries done alleged Solidarity Lanes since Russia launched its full-scale penetration successful February 2022.

Farmers person been incapable to usage the favoured routes done Black Sea ports and astir 60% of Ukraine's grains has been moving done the EU alternate routes.