The agreement

“From tomorrow, transports from Ukraine can undergo controls at Lithuanian ports,” Minister Robert Telus informed after his talks with Mr. Kęstutis Navickas, Minister of Agriculture of Lithuania, and Mr. Mykola Solskyi, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.

“Lithuania takes the full responsibility for these controls,” the head of the Polish Ministry of Agriculture added at a briefing after the talks ended.

“Certainly, the transit will take place in the SENT system, i.e. in the same way as so far, under strict supervision,” Minister Robert Telus assured.

Transport corridors

The head of the Polish Ministry of Agriculture noted that it was possible to take such a decision since Poland had built transport corridors.

“Unfortunately, with its decision of 15 September of this year, the European Commission began to impair the transport corridors and they are very important for our five frontline states,” the Minister added.

He assured, however, that Poland would continue to build these corridors, because this was good for Polish farmers, Ukraine, the European Union and even for the whole world, since cereals from Ukraine should reach those regions where there was a lack of them.

Issues of fisheries

In a bilateral, Polish-Lithuanian format, talks were also held today on the decision proposed by the European Commission to reduce the fishing for the central herring in the Baltic Sea.

“Poland does not consent to this and we will protest against it together with other Baltic and Scandinavian states,” Undersecretary of State Krzysztof Ciecióra pledged.

The Deputy Minister also informed about another dangerous idea of the European Commission which threatens the Polish fish processing industry and applies to the issue of using the technological process of so-called stiffening (Regulation 853/2004).

“We are the European leaders in the this segment of the fish sector and here, too, we protest against the proposals which are unfavourable for us,” Deputy Minister Krzysztof Ciecióra added.

Minister Robert Telus assured that a coalition of states opposed to attempts at a substantial reduction in the fishing for the central herring and, practically, its total liquidation from 1 January 2024, would be built.