Grain Initiative
Grain initiative: Ukraine and Turkey agreed to resume ship inspections
Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov met with Minister of Defense of Turkey Hulusi Akar. The officials discussed the unblocking and functioning of the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
Over 500,000 tons of grain were exported from the ports of Odesa during the week
Last week, 17 ships sent Ukrainian agricultural products to countries in Asia, Africa and Europe.
Turkey does not allow Cypriot ships to the “Grain Initiative”
Cyprus cannot join the “Grain Initiative” – Turkey refuses to let ships under the Cypriot flag into its ports.
Solskyi: the continuation of the “Grain Initiative” will strengthen global food security
Solskyi: the continuation of the “Grain Initiative” will strengthen global food security
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.
The UN Secretary General has already arrived in Ukraine to discuss the Grain Initiative
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is already in Ukraine. Today, March 8, he will meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Russia has put forward its conditions for the continuation of the grain initiative
On Wednesday, March 1, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of russian federation put forward its conditions for the continuation of the export of products from Ukrainian ports within the framework of the “grain agreement”.
The business calls for Mykolaiv Port to be involved in the “Grain Initiative”.
Ukrainian business associations call on the parties of the “Grain Initiative” to extend it for a year, as well as to involve the Mykolaiv Seaport.
Vaskov: since October, the efficiency of the Grain Initiative does not exceed 40% of the available capacities
Since October, the Grain initiative has ensured only 40% of exports due to the russians’ inhibition of ship inspections in the Bosphorus.
Finland will allocate 5 million euros to support the “grain initiative”
The Government of Finland will allocate another 5 million euros to the World Food Program (WFP) to support the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
