Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday welcomed EU plans to droop import duties on Ukrainian items, saying the transfer will assist “maintain” Kyiv’s economic system, hard-hit by Russia’s devastating invasion.
“It will allow us to maintain our economic activity in Ukraine to the maximum and preserve our national production,” Zelenskyy stated in a video on his Telegram channel because the conflict with Russia entered its third month.
The proposed EU plan to droop import duties was introduced earlier on Wednesday and nonetheless must be authorized in a vote by the bloc’s 27 members.
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Zelenskyy stated he had mentioned the initiative with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen.
“I am grateful to her personally and to all our European friends for this step,” the Ukrainian chief stated.
He accused Russia of “trying to provoke a global price crisis” and stir “chaos” on the planet’s meals market.
Zelenskyy stated the EU’s plan can be a “significant anti-crisis tool” for European and world markets, too.
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“Ukrainian exports will help stabilise markets,” he stated, saying that “all Europeans” will profit from the transfer.
The Ukrainian chief stated he anticipated extra international locations to liberalise Ukrainian exports “soon”.
The European Commission proposed suspending the import duties earlier on Wednesday, saying it will “help alleviate the difficult situation of Ukrainian producers and exporters in the face of Russia’s military invasion”.
The proposal from Brussels comes a day after Britain introduced it was dropping all tariffs on Ukrainian items.
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