Ukrainian grain inspections to be moved from Polish border to Lithuanian port

"Over the next two days, veterinary, sanitary, and phytosanitary checks for all agricultural cargoes bound for the port of Klaipeda (Lithuania) will be relocated from the Ukrainian-Polish border. This will expedite transit through Poland's territory," the statement reads.

This decision was reached during an online meeting today between Ukraine's Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Mykola Solskyi, Poland's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Robert Telus, and Lithuania's Minister of Agriculture, Kęstutis Navickas.

Solskyi emphasized that Ukraine proposed the transfer of inspections from the Ukrainian-Polish border to the Lithuanian port. Meanwhile, the ministers of Poland and Lithuania expressed their governments' support for this mechanism, considering it a constructive step.

"This is a positive development in building this transit, in constructing this corridor of solidarity, which we, as Poland, have built in Europe," Telus said.

Grain issue

On September 15, the European Commission lifted the ban on Ukrainian agricultural product imports to five neighboring countries. However, Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia unilaterally imposed bans at the state level.

In response, Ukraine filed complaints with the World Trade Organization.

Both Ukraine and Poland have expressed confidence that they can find a solution that would satisfy both sides.

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal recently announced that Ukraine is introducing a new grain export mechanism to neighboring countries.

Notably, Poland's Minister of Agriculture, Robert Telus, had previously stated that Poland might transfer control over the export of Ukrainian grain to Germany and Lithuania.