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Kyiv plans WTO action against three EU countries over ‘ridiculous’ restrictions, trade chief says.

Kyiv will sue Poland, Hungary and Slovakia over their refusal to drop a ban on Ukrainian agricultural products, Ukraine’s Trade Representative Taras Kachka told POLITICO's Brussels Playbook in an exclusive interview.

The Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland, Vasyl Zvarych, reacted critically to the statement in the Polish media by the Minister of Agriculture of Poland, Robert Telus, who called the agricultural sector of Ukraine "a threat to the agriculture of the EU countries".

Vasyl Zvarych wrote about this on Twitter.

It is important that the state buys the crop from the farmers with European funds, so that they could have the opportunity to work further.

Dmytro Solomchuk, MP and a member of Verkhovna Rada’s Agrarian and Land Policy Committee made this statement during a briefing at Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform.

Ukraine will apply to WTO arbitration for compensation for damages for violation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) if Poland blocks the export of Ukrainian grain.

The Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal, wrote about this on Twitter.