Russia’s proposals on how to resume Ukrainian grain exports were “widely supported” by negotiators participating in talks this week in Istanbul, Turkey, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday, and a deal is in the offing. .
The ministry said work on what it calls the “Black Sea Initiative” will be completed soon.
Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations are expected to sign an agreement next week aimed at resuming Ukrainian grain exports to the Black Sea, which have been severely hampered by the country’s conflict.
Ukraine, Russia and Turkey sign agreement to allow grain exports
The conversations between Ukraine , Russia , Turkey and the United Nations Organization (UN), held in Istanbul on Wednesday (13), resulted in the parties agreeing to form “a Joint Coordination Center under the auspices of the UN” to ensure that Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea can be guaranteed.
The information is from Andriy Yermak, chief of staff to the Ukrainian president.
The center will be located in Istanbul and the task will be to carry out “general monitoring and coordination of safe navigation in the Black Sea”, explained Yermak.
More than 20 million tonnes of grain remain stranded in Ukraine due to Russia’s blockade of Black Sea ports, according to Ukrainian officials.
Before the war, wheat supplies from Russia and Ukraine accounted for nearly 30% of global trade, and Ukraine is the world’s fourth-largest corn exporter and fifth-largest wheat exporter, according to the US State Department. . The UN World Food Program — which helps fight global food insecurity — buys about half of its wheat from Ukraine each year and has warned of dire consequences if Ukrainian ports are not opened.
About 80% of Ukraine’s grain exports were shipped from the country’s Black Sea ports before Russia’s invasion.
With these routes blocked, Ukraine hopes to accelerate grain exports via the reopened Danube River routes made possible after Ukrainian troops recaptured Cobra Island in June.
A line of barges waiting to sail down the Danube River and load grain at one of Ukraine’s river ports will take several weeks to clear, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotsky said in a televised speech on Wednesday.
Source: CNN Brasil
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