The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expects that the EU will not extend the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expects that restrictions on the import of four agricultural products from Ukraine will not be extended after June 5.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is convinced that any exceptions and restrictions do not correspond “to the spirit of the EU’s close partnership with Ukraine as a candidate country for EU membership, nor to the letter of the Association Agreement and the founding treaties of the EU.”

“That is why we emphasize once again that the restrictive measures introduced by the European Commission under the pressure of individual EU member states on May 2 are unreasonable, harm Ukrainian producers and, accordingly, weaken Ukraine’s economy in the conditions of an ongoing full-scale war,” the diplomats said.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expects that the restrictions in force until June 5 of this year will not be extended after this date and will be canceled in full.

“Otherwise, we will consider the continuation of trade restrictions as an example of double standards, which will only undermine the EU’s solidarity with Ukraine and demonstrate the inability of the EU institutions to apply the norms of the founding treaties of the EU and the Association Agreement,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported.

The ministry called on those EU member states that are behind the attempt to extend the restrictions to refrain from such a step and choose a way to resolve disputed issues that would comply with the principles of the single market, the norms of the Association Agreement and the WTO.