Poland says closer to resolving grain conflict with Ukraine

Warsaw: Poland and Ukraine were closer to resolving a conflict over farm imports, Warsaw said Wednesday, on the eve of bilateral talks on the issue th...

Warsaw: Poland and Ukraine were closer to resolving a conflict over farm imports, Warsaw said Wednesday, on the eve of bilateral talks on the issue that has angered farmers in the EU member.

Polish farmers have been blocking border crossings with Ukraine since last month to protest at what they say is unfair competition from goods from the war-torn country.

The border blockades and grain dispute have strained ties between the neighbours, even as Poland has shown staunch support for Ukraine since the Russian invasion.

"We can say there's been a certain rapprochement between the respective positions but of course... each is fighting for himself," Poland's Agriculture Minister Czeslaw Siekierski told AFP.

"Everything's still ahead of us. The negotiations will certainly not end today," he said, before his meeting Wednesday with Ukrainian counterpart Mykola Solsky.