Poland to call for EU sanctions on imports of Russian farm products

Poland to call for EU sanctions on imports of Russian farm products

Poland will demand European Union sanctions on imports of Russian farm merchandise, its ambassador to the EU Andrzej Sados was quoted as saying on Saturday by PAP news company.

“Europe isn’t threatened by disruptions in supply chain of farm products now, contrary, we have a problem of surpluses. We are resolving a problem of increased imports of farm products from Ukraine,” Sados stated, based on PAP.

The European Commission earlier this week set restrictions till June 5 on imports of Ukrainian wheat, maize, rapeseed and sunflower seed to ease the surplus provide of those commodities in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.

Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine final 12 months, the EU has adopted 10 sanctions packages in opposition to Russian people and firms. Poland in April proposed a brand new set of punitive measures in opposition to Moscow, together with a ban on pipeline oil and diamond imports.

Source: www.anews.com.tr