Almost 800 ships have already passed through the “Grain Corridor”.
10.03.2023 - 09:30
During the seven months of the Istanbul Agreements, 790 ships have already passed through the “grain corridor”.
To date, 790 ships have used the “grain corridor” in the Black Sea. Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said this, Hürriyet reports.
According to him, the volume of grain shipments, such as corn, wheat and barley, exceeded 23.4 million tons.
40% of the grain was sent to Europe, 30% to Asia, 13% to Turkey, 12% to Africa, and 5% to the Middle East.
The minister added that Turkey is currently in contact with the parties to the Istanbul Agreements to continue the agreements.
“We continue our negotiations with the UN, Ukraine and russia, which are parties to the grain initiative. For the second time, Ukraine expressed its positive opinion regarding the continuation of the initiative. russia also has a positive attitude towards this issue. We also hope and expect that the grain initiative will continue,” said Akar.
