Polish farmers have been protesting Ukrainian meals imports, offended at what they are saying is unfair competitors.
Ukraine’s president has invited Polish leaders to fulfill him at their shared border to resolve a blockade by Polish farmers protesting Ukrainian meals imports.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned on social media on Wednesday that he hoped the proposed border assembly for him, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and a European Union consultant may occur earlier than the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Saturday, February 24.
“This is national security,” Zelenskyy mentioned. “I am ready to be at the border with our government.”
“We have had enough misunderstanding. We should not humiliate each other; we should not humiliate either Ukrainian or Polish farmers. We need unity. We need solutions – between us, Ukraine and Poland, and at the level of the whole of Europe,” Zelenskyy mentioned in an announcement.
There was no fast response from the Polish authorities.
Zelenskyy added that Ukraine couldn’t settle for the looks of slogans supporting Russian President Vladimir Putin on the protests, after one such banner was displayed on Tuesday.
Earlier, Polish authorities voiced concern over the slogans praising Putin and his conflict towards Ukraine.
Poland, a member of NATO and the European Union, has been a staunch supporter of Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion, accepting limitless numbers of refugees and offering Ukraine with weaponry.
Poles, with previous oppression by Moscow rooted deeply in generational reminiscence, are largely supportive of Ukraine.
However tensions have been rising as Polish farmers blame imports of Ukrainian grain and different meals for pushing down costs and harming their livelihoods.
Polish farmers are amongst farmers throughout Europe who’ve been protesting competitors from Ukraine in addition to EU environmental insurance policies, which they are saying will enhance their manufacturing prices.
On Tuesday they staged a significant day of protest, blocking virtually all visitors on the border with Ukraine, angering Kyiv, in an escalation from earlier demonstrations.
‘Under the influence of Russian agents’
Earlier Wednesday, Poland’s Overseas Ministry mentioned it believed that excessive teams have been making an attempt to take over the protest motion “perhaps under the influence of Russian agents”.
It famous “with the greatest concern the appearance of anti-Ukrainian slogans and slogans praising Vladimir Putin and the war he is waging”.
On Tuesday, a tractor at a protest within the southern Polish area of Silesia carried a Soviet flag and a banner that mentioned: “Putin, put things in order with Ukraine, Brussels, and our rulers.” {A photograph} was printed by the Gazeta Wyborcza day by day.
Poland’s Inside Minister Marcin Kierwinski known as the banner “scandalous” and mentioned it was instantly secured by police, and prosecutors have been investigating.
“There will be no consent to such criminal activities,” he mentioned.
The general public promotion of a totalitarian system could be punished with as much as three years in jail below Polish regulation.
The Overseas Ministry known as on protest organisers “to identify and eliminate from their movement” the initiators, arguing it was mandatory for Poland’s curiosity.
“The current situation of Polish farmers is the result of Vladimir Putin’s aggression against Ukraine and the disruption of the global economy, not because Ukrainians are defending themselves against the aggression,” the ministry mentioned.
Polish farmers blocked eight main roads on Wednesday. Police mentioned protests continued at border crossings to Ukraine in Medyka and Korczowa, however passenger visitors was clean and a few vehicles have been additionally being let by means of.