Poland no longer sends weapons to Ukraine to strengthen its Army after the grain dispute

MADRID, 21 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Polish Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, assured this Wednesday that Poland has stopped sending weapons to Ukraine to focus on strengthening the country's Armed Forces, statements he made shortly after Warsaw summoned the Ukrainian ambassador over the dispute that arose. around Ukrainian grain.

"We are no longer transferring weapons to Ukraine because we are now equipping Poland with more modern weapons," Morawiecki said during an interview with the Polish channel Polstat.

However, he clarified that the Rzeszow military supply center "continues and will continue" to operate based on the agreements reached with both the United States and NATO and that this decision will not endanger the security of Ukraine.

Regarding the dispute that arose over grain, Poland has expressed its willingness to maintain the transit of Ukrainian goods, although it had previously warned the country's authorities that they could add more vetoes to the import of products if they continued with the conflict, according to reports. picked up by the PAP news agency.

In that sense, he regretted that "the Ukrainian oligarchs had introduced their grain into the Polish market" without taking into account the effects it would have on Polish farmers, who have been forced to lower their prices, and which has forced the Government to ban the import of Ukrainian grain.

The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has harshly criticized this measure and, following this, the Polish Foreign Ministry has summoned the Ukrainian ambassador to the country in protest.