Poland may ban more Ukrainian food products if conflict escalates, says PM
Poland may ban the import of more Ukrainian agricultural products if Kyiv escalates the confict over a ban on grain imports, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki was cited as saying by state-run news agency PAP, Reuters reports.
"I warn the Ukrainian authorities, because if they escalate this conflict in this way, we will add more products to the ban on import into the territory of the Republic of Poland," Morawiecki told Polsat News.
Poland, Slovakia and Hungary announced curbs on grain imports from Ukraine on Friday after the European Commission decided not to extend a ban on sales into Ukraine's five EU neighbours, which also include Romania and Bulgaria.
Poland has been one of Ukraine's staunchest allies since Russia invaded the country in February 2022, but the countries are now embroiled in a deepening conflict over agricultural imports since Poland, along with Hungary and Slovakia, extended a ban on grain imports from their war-torn neighbour.
