(ANSA-AFP) - BRATISLAVA, SEP 21 - Slovakia and Ukraine have
struck a deal on a new grain trading system that should see
Slovakia's current import ban lifted by the end of the year,
Slovakia said Thursday. "Until this system is launched and its
full functionality is tested, the ban on the import of four
commodities from Ukraine... is still valid until the end of
2023," the Slovak agriculture ministry said in a statement. The
spokesman said that during a phone conversation with his
Ukrainian counterpart Mykola Solskyi on Wednesday, Slovakian
minister Jozef Bires asked "that Ukraine cease all legal actions
against Slovakia, which it had announced, as well as the
declarations on the cessation of trade in agricultural products
from Slovakia to Ukraine. "Minister Solskyi promised yesterday
to put an end to these actions," the spokesman said. Slovakia,
along with Poland and Hungary, has extended its embargo on
Ukrainian grain despite the EU's decision to lift the
restrictions. (ANSA-AFP).
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