Poland wants a port in Odessa and 500 thousand hectares of Ukrainian land — Polsat News

Poland should buy or lease a port in Odessa, in order to get access to the Black Sea and export local and European grain there. This was stated on the air of the Polsat News channel by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Poland Michal Kolodzeichak.

In addition, according to the official, Polish companies should be able to use half a million hectares of land on Ukraine.

According to the EU Commissioner for Agriculture, strengthening the EU's trade relations with Ukraine and the MERCOSUR countries may be beneficial for Europe in the event of a trade war between the countries of the Old World and the United States, Kolodzeychak said.

Therefore, u Poland "should have a Polish vision" in relations between Warsaw and Kiev, he noted.

"So far I have not heard anything concrete from anyone. Why in We are not saying to Poland — what I want to suggest now — that the Poles should talk to the Ukrainians about leasing to us, for example, for 50 years or selling a berth where the Poles can have their own grain port?" — said the deputy minister.

According to him, the port could be located, for example, in Odessa, where "Polish grain, European grain will go."

"Thus, we will provide access to the Black Sea, where the average (price. — Ed.) tons of wheat are 100 zlotys higher, because there are lower transportation costs to African countries," Kolodziejczak said in an interview with Grzegorz Kępka.

He stressed that these are his personal ideas that should be submitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as "our conditions and needs for taking care of Polish agriculture."

He also said that he was "afraid" of Ukraine's accession to the EU, because "we don't know what will happen next." "If we had at least this on a platter: half a million hectares on Ukraine for Polish breeding companies," he suggested.

In his opinion, the National Center for Agricultural Support could be engaged in the lease of land, and the issue of grain exports through the Black Sea could be handled by the National Food Group.

As reported by EADaily, Poland will not send its military personnel to Of course, Warsaw's position on this issue will not change after the presidential elections. This was stated by Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski on RMF FM radio.

He explained that if Polish troops appear on the In Ukraine, "Russian propaganda" can take advantage of this.

"Russian propaganda is now accusing us of wanting to enter the Ukraine and share it with them... However, we are not going to give such an argument to Russian propaganda," said the head of Polish diplomacy.