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Europe's 27 member states ready to help Ukraine to export grain

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Published May 25, 2022

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Brussels, May 24 (EFE) .- The Ministers of Agriculture of the European Union (EU) expressed this Tuesday their intention to help Ukraine export its agricultural products, given the blockade by Russia of the Black Sea, the usual way to that Ukrainian goods reach other countries. "The round of speeches (by ministers) has shown the shared urgency to be in a position to help Ukraine export its grain.

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Brussels, May 24 (EFE) .- The Ministers of Agriculture of the European Union (EU) expressed this Tuesday their intention to help Ukraine export its agricultural products, given the blockade by Russia of the Black Sea, the usual way to that Ukrainian goods reach other countries. "The round of speeches (by ministers) has shown the shared urgency of being in a position to help Ukraine export its cereals. It is necessary for Ukraine, it is indispensable at a time when international markets are stressed and it is indispensable in the face of the prospect of the next harvests," said French Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau, whose country holds the six-month presidency of the EU. The politician expressed himself in this way at a press conference after the meeting of Ministers of Agriculture of the Twenty-seven held in Brussels, in which the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on agri-food markets was addressed. In this sense, the European Commission presented during the meeting its ...
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