Slovakia to keep ban on some Ukraine farm products as EU prepares free access extension

Slovakia will maintain a ban on selected farm products from Ukraine because they harm Slovak farmers, as the European Union takes steps towards extending market access by another year from June, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday. "The EU policy in this respect is horrible.

Slovakia will maintain a ban on selected farm products from Ukraine because they harm Slovak farmers, as the European Union takes steps towards extending market access by another year from June, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday.

"The EU policy in this respect is horrible. No problem that farmers in Slovakia, an EU member state, parish. The main thing is that Ukraine is satisfied," Fico said in a video post.

He added that Slovak representative voted alongside Polish and Hungarian ambassadors on Wednesday against a European Commission proposal for extending suspension of quotas and duties on Ukrainian farm produce.