Polish President's Cabinet announces a possible meeting with Zelenskyy amid grain crisis
Paweł Szrot, Chief of the Polish President's Cabinet, has announced a meeting between Polish President Andrzej Duda and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the near future.
Source: Paweł Szrot on RMF FM, as reported by European Pravda.
Details: Szrot noted that President Duda will meet with the Ukrainian leader soon but did not go into details.
"I wouldn't like to jump ahead of myself because I have my own information, but various security considerations also play a role. President Zelenskyy is the leader of a country at war; he is under threat of a terrorist attack from Russia," Szrot said, responding to when the two presidents might meet.
Szrot also said during the radio broadcast that President Duda supports the Polish government's position on unilaterally extending the embargo on Ukrainian agricultural imports.
"Pursuing its national interests, Poland has decided to close the Polish market to Ukrainian grain as Poland does not need this grain. This grain is very much needed in countries facing famine caused by the turmoil associated with Russia's aggression against Ukraine... and the transporting of this Ukrainian grain through Poland to these countries should be facilitated," said Szrot.
Background:
- On 12 September, the Polish government adopted a resolution expressing its intention to extend the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain at national level should it not be continued at EU level.
- In response, Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal stated that he would seek the arbitration of the World Trade Organisation if Poland blocks Ukrainian grain exports.
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