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AgriMin Daea to discuss with Ukrainian counterpart about impact of Ukrainian grain imports
The Minister of Agriculture, Petre Daea, will discuss on Wednesday with his Ukrainian counterpart, Mikola Solski, about the impact of Ukrainian grain imports and the measures that can be taken to manage this crisis.
According to the Minister of Agriculture, Petre Daea, the discussion between the two ministers will take place online.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) informed on Friday in a press release that the situation created on the markets of six member states by the import of agri-food products from Ukraine will be addressed in a unified manner, with a text that will be drafted by experts to be sent to the European Commissioners for Agriculture, respectively for Trade, on the occasion of the Council of Ministers of Agriculture to take place on April 25.
Regarding the discussions he will have with his Ukrainian counterpart, Petre Daea said that they will only be in the interest of Romania and the farmers he represents.
He added that Romania is part of the European Union (EU) and carries out its activity according to EU rules, "rules that we all respect, the European Commission and Romania." "We respect the rules together, we act together, we decide together and we do the right thing together," said the Minister of Agriculture.
The Social Democratic Party announced on Tuesday in a press release sent to Agerpres that it would request the ruling coalition to temporarily suspend imports of agri-food products from Ukraine.
"PSD will request in the governing coalition the adoption of a political decision ordering the Romanian Government to issue as a matter of urgency a piece of legislation for the temporary suspension of imports of agri-food products from Ukraine, just as it happened in the other states that have a common border with this country. Such a measure is necessary to protect Romanian farmers, in the context in which the compensations received from the European Commission cannot cover the total amount of damages suffered by them," the source said.
According to the PSD, the Eastern European states that have been affected should have "a joint negotiation with the representatives of the European Commission and the Ukrainian side", so that the support measures for Ukraine's agriculture do not affect the interests of farmers from neighbouring countries.
"At the same time, PSD considers that Romania must continue to support Ukraine by facilitating the transit of agri-food products from this country to other states in the European Union or to the trade routes on the Black Sea," the release adds.