Hungary wants to extend the ban on imports of Ukrainian grain on its own

Budapest is calling on the European Commission to extend the ban on the sale of Ukrainian grain on the domestic market in the five EU member states bordering Ukraine. Otherwise, the country will do so unilaterally.

This was announced on Thursday, August 24, by Gergely Gulyás, Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Reuters reports.

“Hungary will ask the EU to extend the ban from September 16… Hungary is ready to re-impose an import ban on its own if the EU does not extend this measure,” Gulyás said.

It is known that there is a split in the coalition of countries that ban imports of Ukrainian grain: some EU member states oppose Poland’s position on extending the ban beyond September 15. However, according to Telus, in this case, the Polish side will impose unilateral bans on imports of Ukrainian grain, despite the position of the bloc.

However, the day before, Poland said it was ready to impose a unilateral ban on imports of Ukrainian grain after September 15, if the European Commission does not extend the restriction.

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