Ukraine and Turkey support extension of “grain corridors”
16.10.2022 - 16:00
Today, October 16, at the Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul, Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov met with Minister of Defense of Turkey Hulusi Akar.
The parties discussed the implementation of the “Grain Initiative” and its continuation.
“Today, together with the Minister of Defense of Turkey, Hulusi Akar, we discussed the implementation of the “Grain Initiative”. Since the moment of the start until today, more than 7.7 million tons of agricultural products have been exported, which has already stabilized food prices and counteracts the threat of global hunger,” said the Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov.
The participating parties of the initiative — the UN, Turkey and Ukraine — expressed their readiness to continue its operation and assured that they would make maximum efforts for its successful implementation.
“At the moment, there is no doubt that the work of the “grain corridor” will continue,” Kubrakov added.
We would like to remind, on July 22 in Istanbul, at the suggestion of the United Nations, Ukraine, Turkey and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres signed the Initiative on the safe transportation of grain and food products from the Ukrainian ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk and Pivdennyi. Its validity period is 120 days.
