Russia ready to allow grain exports from Ukraine ports
President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russia was ready to facilitate the unhindered export of grain from Ukrainian ports in co-ordination with Turkey, according to a Kremlin readout of talks with President Tayyip Erdogan.
“During the discussion of the situation in Ukraine, emphasis was placed on ensuring safe navigation in the Black and Azov seas and eliminating the mine threat in their waters,” the Kremlin said of Putin’s call with Erdogan. It was not immediately clear which Ukrainian ports Putin was speaking of. Ukraine’s main grain export ports include Chornomorsk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kherson and Yuzhny.
Erdogan also repeated that Turkey was ready to support any peace efforts between Ukraine and Russia, the statement added.Ukraine is trying to export its grains by road, river and rail to help avert a global food crisis but will not hit its targets unless Russia’s blockade, an official at Ukraine’s Agriculture Ministry told Reuters last week.
Ukraine is also a major exporter of corn, barley and rapeseed oil, while Russia and Belarus – which has backed Moscow in the war and is also under sanctions – account for over 40% of global exports of the crop nutrient potash.
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