Poland supports the victory over the “Russian barbarian”, but cannot agree with the destabilization of the Polish market through imports of Ukrainian cereals, Morawiecki said. Poland had already summoned the Ukrainian ambassador to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw to protest statements made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the UN General Assembly. The Ukrainian president said the “political theater” surrounding grain imports from Ukraine only benefited Russia.
Ukraine has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against Poland, Hungary and Slovakia for banning food imports from Ukraine. The three EU states declared that they had to protect their own economies and their local farmers. Agricultural products are one of Ukraine’s most important sources of income. Because of the war against Russia, Ukraine is trying to export more goods overland rather than through the contested Black Sea.