Ukrainian and Polish agrarian associations will continue negotiations this week on the transit of grain and other products and the unblocking of the border, said Taras Vysotskyi, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, during a national telethon.
“It is very important that the associations of different sectors have established communication and will continue to meet this week to clearly agree on the parameters (of export and transit of Ukrainian agricultural products – IF-U). Everyone realized (at the Ukrainian-Polish meeting in Poland last week – IF-U) that interaction and cooperation, agreements will ultimately have the best result,” he said.
According to Vysotsky, in the first two weeks of April, a meeting of the Polish and Ukrainian sides is planned in an expanded format, where farmers of the two countries will look for ways to cooperate. It is expected that this could also become the basis for agreements at the interstate level. Agrarian associations will work on each industry whose representatives were at the talks, including raspberries, juice, honey, eggs, grain, and poultry.
“There is a cautious optimism in this regard, which gives us hope that after a few more meetings to fix the final parameters, we will finally be able to solve this problem,” Vysotsky emphasized.
He also added that the issue of transit of Ukrainian grain is raised at all international meetings.
“Ukraine insists that transit should be available without stops and blockages,” the First Deputy Minister summarized.
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27 leading agrarian associations have expressed support for the first deputy minister of agrarian policy and food of Ukraine Taras Vysotskyy and consider unacceptable the appearance of unproven accusations, the press service of the Ukrainian Club of Agrarian Business (UCAB) reported.
“Highly appreciating the activities of law enforcement agencies in the fight against corruption, the agrarian community expresses confidence that in this case an unfortunate mistake may be made,” the statement emphasized.
Agrarian associations called the charges brought against Vysotsky “premature”, and his decisions “taken in the interests of the state and society”.
The business community noted Vysotsky’s high professionalism in the management and coordination of the industry, thanks to which it was possible to avoid disruptions in food supply and ensure food security of regions in need of immediate food aid in the conditions of a full-scale invasion.
Leading agrarian associations called on law enforcement agencies, in particular the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), to take into account their opinion and objectively consider all case materials, circumstances, facts and make the right conclusions regarding “one of the most decent and professional officials”.
As reported, on August 24, 2023, the information of the NABU on suspicion of Vysotskyy in committing a criminal offense consisting in the deliberate use of official position in order to obtain an undue benefit for a legal entity contrary to the interests of the state was made public.
