Six ships loaded with grain departed from Ukrainian ports bound for Turkey. The Turkish Defense Ministry confirmed that the freighters left the ports this morning, but did not reveal the origin of the shipments.
The ships will use the safe humanitarian corridor of the Black Sea, a route that has already allowed the export of 9.7 million tons of cereals and other agricultural products from Ukraine, despite the conflict, thanks to the international agreement signed in July, under the aegis of Turkey and the UN.
The Russian government announced this Wednesday the return to the agreement signed with Ukraine to guarantee the export of cereals, after considering “sufficient” the guarantees received by the UN and Turkey, so that the Ukrainian forces do not use this agreement to carry out military operations.
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, thanked his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for his collaboration and commitment to re-establish the grain export agreement from Ukrainian ports, suspended by Russia over the weekend in retaliation for an alleged Ukrainian attack against his fleet. in the Black Sea.
The Ukrainian head of state praised the “active participation” and “strong support” of the Turkish president for the “sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.”
For his part, Erdogan expressed his satisfaction at having managed to restore the agreement with Russia, since he considers that Ukrainian wheat and Russian fertilizers are supplies of vital importance for the whole world, especially for the most disadvantaged regions.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that he will suspend Ukraine’s grain export deal again if kyiv violates written guarantees not to use the humanitarian corridor and Ukrainian ports for military purposes.
Source: TSF
