The newly appointed Minister of Agriculture of Poland, Jan Krzysztof Ardanovsky, does not yet see any sense in building an obstacle on the border with Belarus and Ukraine in order to fight against ASF.

He said that Warsaw expects a professional assessment of the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA), based on which, will make a final decision on whether the fence will be built, informs Ukrinform.

"The decision (regarding the construction of the barrier - ed.. ) not accepted. I now do not see the point in this. If now someone convinces me that this makes sense, I will support its construction, but so far I do not see much need for it, "Ardanovsky said..

He said that Poland appealed to the EFSA that this European institution give its professional assessment, whether the barrier will be an effective countermeasure for the spread of ASF. The Minister noted that Warsaw is waiting for an answer, on which the final decision on the construction of the barrier will depend.

As the agency informed, the Polish president signed a special law on combating ASF in late December last year, providing, inter alia, for the construction of an obstacle with a length of more than 1,000. kilometers on the border with Belarus and Ukraine. The cost of its construction during 2018-2021 would have to be 130 million zlotys ($ 35 million. At the same time, in the first year of operation, its maintenance and servicing facilities would have reached 190 million zlotys (more than $ 51 million.

In total, in Poland in 2014, 128 FES centers were fixed, with the last four - this week. In addition, during this time the disease ASF detected in more than 2,2 thousand. wild boars near the Polish-Belarusian border, as well as in the vicinity of Warsaw.

Ardanovsky was appointed Minister of Agriculture of Poland a few days ago. Previous Minister Krzysztof Jurgel supported the idea of ??building this barrier.