Grain Initiative

During the meeting with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Turkey once again announced the work on the revival of the Black Sea Grain Initiative.

USM considers whether Ukraine needs this, and why such statements are being made despite the successful operation of the maritime corridor.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will discuss with Russian dictator Putin a new mechanism for exporting Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he plans to talk to Putin about reviving the Black Sea Grain Initiative.

Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, Ambassador Robert Wood, reminded that Russia destroyed more than 300,000 tons of agricultural products in Ukraine.

The world is no longer interested in reviving the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which effectively ceased to exist in the summer of 2023.

Ukrainian ports on the Danube were involved in the humanitarian program Grain from Ukraine, introduced by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy last year in November.

Ukraine has already opened registration for ships that will go to Ukrainian ports through temporary corridors.

The US hopes to restore the Black Sea Grain Initiative to avoid a global food crisis.

20 associations of the Ukrainian agricultural market appealed to the governments of France and Great Britain to join the unblocking of the “grain corridor”.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg condemned Russia’s unilateral decision to withdraw from the Grain Agreement.