Grain deal: Istanbul extends Ukrainian food export corridor
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In the Turkish capital, Istanbul, it was agreed that Ukrainian grain would continue to be exported through the "grain corridor" from three Ukrainian seaports for another 120 days.
Ukraine's Minister of Infrastructure, Oleksandr Kubrakov, announced this.
The minister added that the United Nations and Turkey remained guarantors of the Initiative.
Kubrakov said Ukraine has officially turned to partners within the Initiative with a proposal to extend it for at least a year and include Mykolaiv's port.
"We are waiting for their answer," the minister emphasized.
Kubrakov also emphasized the importance of ensuring the practical work of the Joint Coordination Center, so the Ukrainian side made its proposals for solving existing problems.
"We must use all the available export potential of our ports so that the world quickly receives the necessary amounts of food," the minister summarized.
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We will remind you that on November 2, russia announced a return to the "grain agreement."
The aggressors' ministry of defense said that russia had received "written guarantees" from Ukraine regarding the non-use of the grain corridor for hostilities against the russian federation.
Later, russian president putin said that Moscow might withdraw from the Black Sea Grain Initiative if Ukraine violates its guarantees not to use the "grain corridor" to attack the russian Black Sea fleet.
On October 29, russia's ministry of defense announced that the russian federation was suspending its participation in the "grain agreement." It is said that the cause was a "terrorist attack" against ships of the Black Sea Fleet and civilian vessels.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine rebutted the statement of the president of the russian federation, vladimir putin, that Ukraine allegedly took some new obligations regarding the implementation of the "grain agreement."
