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The Romanian Government is preparing to provide its own support to farmers who grow cereals, in addition to the compensation offered by the European Commission in the context of the cereal crisis in Ukraine. A draft decision in this regard is on the agenda of today’s meeting, when the executive would discuss other measures related to the situation created by the import and transit of grain from the neighboring country at war. Yesterday, Romania decided to continue allowing the transit of grains from Ukraine, but introduced additional control measures to protect farmers. The decisions were announced after the discussions that the relevant Romanian minister Petre Daea had with his Ukrainian counterpart, Mikola Solski. On the same day, the ministers responsible for trade and agriculture from Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania analyzed the situation together with the vice-president of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, and the European commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski. The head of the EC, Ursula von der Leyen, has announced that integrated measures will be taken and promised a new financial aid of 100 million euros for farmers affected by the facilities offered to grain producers  in Ukraine.