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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
MINSK, May 23 /Xinhua/ — The decision to introduce higher import customs duties of the European Union on Belarusian agricultural products and nitrogen fertilizers is trade protectionism and an expression of unfair competition, said Ruslan Varankov, press secretary of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry, on Friday. The corresponding information was published by the press service of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry on the same day.
“One can only once again sympathize with the ordinary citizens of the EU member states who will be deprived of access to high-quality, inexpensive and competitive products of Belarusian origin – primarily agricultural products and nitrogen fertilizers,” noted R. Varankov.
According to him, with such decisions the EU punishes its own producers and consumers, adding fuel to the fire of social discontent instead of fighting the looming economic recession and inflation against the backdrop of a sharp increase in spending on the military-industrial complex.
“Belarus, as a reliable supplier, will continue to work on export diversification. The rationality of this strategy is confirmed by the growing volumes of deliveries, for example, to Russia, countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East,” the press secretary of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry said.
On May 22, the European Parliament approved protective duties on potash fertilizers from Russia and Belarus, despite concerns from major European agricultural producers about the negative impact of this decision on the EU market. –0–