Ukraine will send another 125,000 tons of grain to Africa as part of Grain From Ukraine
22.03.2023 - 10:15
The Cabinet of Ministers approved a resolution to continue financing the Grain from Ukraine initiative so that Ukraine remains one of the guarantors of global food security.
“In the field of international cooperation, today we also approve the resolution on the continuation and necessary financing of the Grain from Ukraine initiative of the President of Ukraine. Our country remains one of the guarantors of global food security. Just this week, another ship was shipped with 30,000 tons of humanitarian wheat for Yemen. We are allocating the necessary funds for the initiative to continue,” said Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal
According to him, Ukraine will purchase an additional 125,000 tons of wheat or corn, which will then be delivered as humanitarian cargo to African countries. In general, as part of the grain initiative, Ukraine has already sent more than 25 million tons of agricultural products through the Black Sea ports.
“And we count not only on the continuation, but also on the expansion of this project,” added the Prime Minister.
