Five countries bordering Ukraine ask EU to extend temporary ban on importing Ukrainian grain products 

Five European Union member states bordering Ukraine are requesting that an existing ban on imports of four types of Ukrainian grain be extended beyond the scheduled expiry date of September 15, the EU Council said on Tuesday, Report informs, citing CNN.

Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Romania would like to see a temporary EU import ban of Ukrainian wheat, maize, rapeseed, and sunflower oil be extended to the end of the year, Spain’s Minister for Agriculture Luis Planas Puchades said at a news conference in Brussels. He was speaking in his capacity as president of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council.