Zelensky asks Turkey and the UN to guarantee the output of Ukrainian grain without Russia

The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyasked this Monday to the UN already Türkiye that extend, without the participation of Russiathe initiative allowing the export of Ukrainian cereals by the Black Seaafter the Kremlin announced today that it refuses to extend the agreement that made it possible.

“I have sent official letters to the president of Türkiye (Recep Tayyip) Erdogan and the Secretary General of the UN Guterres with the proposal to continue the Black Sea Grain Initiative or its equivalent in a trilateral formatZelensky said in his daily address to the nation on Monday.

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The authorities of kyiv They aspire to the international community to guarantee, even without the agreement of Moscowthe freedom of navigation in the Black Sea violated by the Russian army since it launched the large-scale military invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

“Ukraine, the UN and TürkiyeZelensky added,can jointly guarantee the functionality of the food corridor and the ship inspection” which until now allowed, despite the limitations imposed by the Russian side, the maritime exit of Ukrainian grain despite the limitations imposed by the Russian invasion.

The Ukrainian president affirmed that the agreement has Turkey and the UN as signatories and “still validdespite the rejection of Russia to prolong it. “All that is needed is their careful implementation, and the world’s decisive pressure on the terrorist state.Zelensky said, alluding to Russia.

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Zelensky recalled that the grain agreement – by which Russia promised in July 2023 before the UN and Turkey to allow the export of grain through three Ukrainian Black Sea ports – has allowed 33 million tons of agricultural products to arrive to 45 countries.

“60% of the volume went to countries of Africa and Asia”, declared Zelensky, who highlighted the importance for global food security of the agreement that partially guaranteed the navigability of the Black Sea that Russia undermined by attacking Ukraine militarily in February 2022.

Source: Elcomercio

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