Erdogan: The Grain Agreement has been extended for another 2 months

The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announced that the Agreement on the Black Sea Grain Corridor has been extended for another 60 days.

Erdogan made such a statement during a live broadcast at a meeting held at the headquarters of his party, Anadolu writes.

So far, the Turkish president has not revealed any details. There is also no official information from the Ukrainian side yet.

Updated. Minister of Community Development, Territories and Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov confirmed the unblocking of the Grain Agreement

The grain agreement will continue until July 18.

“The world will continue to receive Ukrainian products thanks to the efforts of our partners under the agreement – Turkey and the UN. We are grateful to the partners for their unwavering and purposeful position that the agreement should continue to work and on the terms that all parties have signed. I would like to note that the Grain initiative was and is active, as it was extended in March for a period of 120 days, until July 18,” Kubrakov noted.

To date, 30.4 million tons of agricultural products have been sent to meet the needs of the world.

“We welcome the continuation of the work of the Initiative, but emphasize that it must work effectively. For this, it is necessary to eliminate the problems that Russia has been creating for several months in a row by sabotaging inspections and registering a new fleet. We hope that our partners will make every effort to ensure that the grain agreement starts working fully for the world’s food security, and that Russia will eventually stop using food as a weapon and for blackmail,” Kubrakov added.

Currently, almost 70 vessels are currently waiting in Turkish territorial waters.