Ukraine and the UN have expressed their support for the continuation of the Grain Initiative after March 18

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and UN Secretary General António Guterres spoke in favor of extending the Grain Initiative after March 18, when the term of the previous agreement is coming to an end.
“Continuation of the Black Sea Grain Initiative after March 18 is critically necessary for the whole world,” Zelensky said at a briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday after a meeting with the UN Secretary General.
“I would like to emphasize the extreme importance of continuing the Black Sea Grain Initiative,” Guterres said.
According to Zelenskyy, it is also important to work within the framework of our humanitarian initiative Grain From Ukraine.
“As part of this initiative, we managed to attract more than 200 million dollars and send 140,000 tons of Ukrainian grain to Europe and Kenya. Ethiopia, Somalia. I am sure that we will be able to significantly strengthen the initiative. This will provide even more guarantees of global food security,” the president said.
Guterres noted that the Black Sea Grain Initiative ensured the export of 23 million tons of grain. Thanks to this, it was possible to reduce food prices in the world – the FAO Food Price Index decreased by almost 20%.