By KYIV. Sept 14 (Interfax-Ukraine) – President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky thanked the Prime Minister of Bulgaria and his team for supporting the resumption of exports of agricultural products from Ukraine.
“I am grateful to Bulgaria for its decision not to prolong restrictions on Ukraine’s agricultural exports after September 15th. I thank PM Nikolai Denkov and his team, as well as Bulgarian parliamentarians who supported this move. Bulgaria sets an example of true solidarity,” Zelenskyy said on Twitter.
As reported, in May 2022, the EU decided to suspend import duties, quotas and trade protection measures on Ukrainian exports to the European Union – known as autonomous trade measures – to help ease the difficulties faced by Ukrainian producers and exporters following the Russian invasion. However, after the emergence of logistics problems in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia caused by the import of wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower seeds from Ukraine, exceptional and preventive measures for their import came into force on May 2, 2023, which were extended June5.
On Thursday, September 14, a meeting of the coordination platform on Ukrainian grain exports was held, but no decision was made.
