21 minutes agoErdogan: Ukrainian grain exports deal extends for two months
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)Turkey's president, Recep Tayip Erdogan, has announced that the Black Sea Initiative for Powers that enables the export of Ukrainian cereals through state ports on the Black Sea has extended for another two months. With our country's efforts, with the support of our Russian friends, and with the contribution of our Ukrainian friends, is [...]
With the efforts of our state, with the support of our Russian friends, and with the contribution of our Ukrainian friends, it has been decided to postpone the grain deal for two months longer”, Erdogan announced the day before the agreement expired.
Russia has agreed not to block the ship's departure from two Ukrainian ports, Erdogan said, stressing that he hopes the deal will bring “benefits to all parties”.
Erdogan's announcement on May 17th came amid threats from Russia that he would withdraw from the deal if the obstacles imposed on its exports of cereals and artificial waste did not depart. The announcement of the Erdogan agreement took place during a speech to members of his party, AK, after the last ship left Ukrainian ports on the basis of a grain deal.
The DSM Capella ship left the port in Cornomorsk with 30,000 tonnes of wheat and headed towards Turkey, according to data published by the United Nations.
The pact, allowing the safe export of Ukrainian cereals from Black Sea ports, was reached with the mediation of Turkey and the UN in July last year and has since been twice extended. In March, Moscow said the last extension took place for 60 days, until May 18th, and threatened to leave the deal unless its conditions were met in terms of Russian agricultural exports.
Ukraine welcomed the extension of the deal and added that this pact should function effectively. / REL
