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Hungary will maintain its veto on the import of Ukrainian grains. despite what he considers “lying propaganda” from Brussels and kyivto defend their farmers, the Hungarian Foreign Minister said this Friday.
“We are not going to let Hungarian farmers go bankrupt and neither the propaganda of Brussels (European Union) nor Kiev will stop us in this regard,” said Peter Szijjarto, adding that the opening of the borders to grain from Ukraine was initially decided so that agricultural products They were taken to the African continent.
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The objective was not to “flood” the countries of Central Europe with wheat and other Ukrainian grains, said the head of diplomacy in Budapest. Peter Szijjarto He did not specify which “lies from Brussels and kyiv” he was referring to.
The countries bordering Ukraine reached an agreement in May 2022 with the European Commission to ban the import of customs-free Ukrainian grains, the prices of which were harming the production of local farmers.
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The veto period ends this Friday and four countries in the region: Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and Romania They have already announced that they will maintain the ban. Bulgaria announced that it will eliminate restrictions on the import of Ukrainian products.
Szijjarto specified that Budapest’s measures do not refer to the transit of Ukrainian products through Hungary. This Friday, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán also stated that his country intends to expand the ban on Ukrainian products.
Source: Observadora
