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8 Agosto 2023

Lituania

POLAND ‘POSITIVE’ ABOUT EASING UKRAINIAN GRAIN TRANSIT TO BALTIC STATES

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki was positive about moving customs checks for Ukrainian grain from the Polish border to ports in the Baltic states, according to Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda who is currently on a visit to Poland.In July, Russia withdrew from a deal allowing Ukraine to export grain via the Black Sea. Lithuania is now calling on the European Union to use Baltic ports for grain shipments.Vilnius says that moving customs and other inspection procedures from the Polish-Ukrainian border to Baltic ports would make exports smoother.Lithuania says ports in the Baltic states have a combined capacity to handle 25 million tonnes of grain annually. Last year, Ukraine exported 33 million tonnes. (ICE VARSAVIA)


Fonte notizia: BNS, LRT.lt