Warsaw and Kyiv are negotiating to temporarily close the common border

report Mehr News quoted by Rashatoudi, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says that in the midst of the protests of Polish farmers and the blocking of the country’s border with Ukraine, Warsaw and Kiev have held talks on temporarily closing the common border. have started.

Tusk’s statements come while protesting Polish farmers have blocked the border crossings between the two countries in protest against the import of Ukrainian grain. According to the protesters, the producers of the neighboring country have been granted unfair privileges because they (Ukrainian producers) do not have to comply with the regulations of the bloc and do not pay taxes due to the non-membership of the country in the European Union.

Tusk said: We are negotiating with the Ukrainian side about temporarily closing the border and stopping the exchange of goods. Polish authorities want to help Ukraine, but we cannot allow this help to negatively affect our citizens. We are always looking for a solution to protect the Polish market from being saturated with clearly cheaper Ukrainian products.

According to him, the agreement on temporarily closing the border will be “painful” for both sides, and Ukraine and Poland should ultimately find a better and long-term solution for this. find a crisis.

However, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kobrakov immediately rejected Tusk’s statement and claimed that “there was no negotiation on the part of Ukraine about the temporary closure of the border.” is.”