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Romania's Social Democrat party seeks Ukrainian grain import ban

FILE PHOTO: Romanian farmers protest outside the European Commission's Offices over the price of grains and demand fallout from having an influx of cheap Ukrainian grains in Bucharest, Romania April 7, 2023. Inquam Photos/George Calin via REUTERS

Romania's ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) said it will ask the coalition government to impose a temporary ban on Ukrainian grain imports, mirroring moves by other central and eastern European states to protect their domestic agriculture.

Poland, Hungary and Slovakia have already enforced import bans of food and grain. Warsaw, despite being a staunch political ally of Kyiv, has gone one step further by also stopping transit.

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