Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Kyiv is prepared to “create necessary conditions” to resume trade from the port of Odesa.
He wrote on Twitter: “Ukraine is ready to create necessary conditions to resume exports from the port of Odesa.
“The question is how to make sure that Russia doesn’t abuse the trade route to attack the city of Odesa.
“No guarantees from Russia so far.
“We seek solutions together with the UN and partners.”
It comes as much as 20million tonnes of corn is waiting to be shipped out of Odesa. However, the cargo ships cannot sail– firstly because Odesa port is mined; secondly, because there is no guarantee the Russians in control of the Black Sea will not intervene.
Grain trapped in Ukraine’s ports — and the impact this is having on global supply as well as, consequently, prices — has been a key topic at GLOBSEC, the security conference taking place in Bratislava this week.
Several world leaders have raised concerns about a global food crisis.
United Nations officials, along with Ankara, are discussing the terms for grain convoys to run along a safe humanitarian naval corridor, with meetings planned for next week.
Separately, the President of Senegal and the African Union, Macky Sall, urged President Vladimir Putin to take into consideration the suffering of the African continent due to the blockage of grain exports.
He later added that “everything related to food, wheat, fertilisers should be” excluded from the sanctions against Moscow, arguing that due to these “we no longer have access to wheat from Russia and in particular to fertilisers”, which are crucial for Africa.
He warned: “This really creates serious threats to the continent’s food security.”
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