Politico: Morawiecki “slapped” Zelensky in response to the ambassador's call
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Warsaw's decision to extend the ban on the export of some Ukrainian agricultural products and the reaction of Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to the call of the ambassador in Kyiv became a kind of slap for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky . This is according to an article published in the publication Politico.
Relations with Kiev have suffered in recent months due to Warsaw's decision to extend the ban on the export of some Ukrainian agricultural products, which the Polish government considers a threat to the interests of Polish farmers, shared The authors of the article provide details.< /p>
The article says that from the very beginning the discussion was about grains, but now the focus is shifting towards fruits (raspberries and currants). Farmers in Poland, who are expected to become the main electorate in the country's upcoming elections this fall, complain that cheaper imports from the former Soviet republic are undermining prices, the publication reports.
From the perspective of journalists, relations between the two countries escalated from -for the Polish ambassador's phone call to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry after his statements that Kyiv should be more grateful for the support it received from Warsaw. In response, Morawiecki called the corresponding behavior unacceptable and summoned the Ukrainian ambassador to Poland.