Bulgaria will temporarily cease the Import of some Ukrainian Products

Bulgaria imposes a temporary ban on food imports from Ukraine, with the exception of goods in transit. This was announced by acting Prime Minister Galab Donev at the beginning of today's government meeting. He recalled that significant quantities of Ukrainian food remained in Bulgaria.

"The main reason is that in the last year, contrary to the idea of the so-called corridors of solidarity, significant volumes of food remained in the country and disrupted the main production and trade chains. If this trend persists and even increases, which is completely real after the introduced similar bans from other countries, it is possible to reach extremely serious consequences for Bulgarian business", Donev explained.

"As a government that works and solves the problems of Bulgarian citizens, we cannot allow this to happen. We are forced to adopt this national measure, as the responsible European authorities are still considering an adequate response to the changed circumstances that led to the corridors of solidarity", the caretaker prime minister argued the proposal.

Galab Donev also pointed out that Bulgaria relies on "Brussels hearing and understanding the positions" of the member states Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia and rethinking its position.

"Bulgaria remains in solidarity with Ukraine, but the bankruptcies of Bulgarian agricultural producers will contribute nothing to its cause," the caretaker Prime Minister also said.

At the session of the Council of Ministers, a decision was considered and adopted, which temporarily limits the access of a number of products originating in Ukraine to the territory of Bulgaria, said the Minister of Agriculture Yavor Gechevat at a briefing in the Council...