6 more vessels have left ports of Ukraine after resumption of grain corridor
Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar has said that after the resumption of the grain corridor, six more dry cargo ships with agricultural products have left Ukrainian ports.
Source: European Pravda, with reference to the Turkish state agency Anadolu, quoting the Turkish minister during a visit to the command post of the 3rd Infantry Division of the Turkish Armed Forces
According to Akar, after Russia announced its suspension of participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a series of telephone conversations with his counterparts from Russia and Ukraine.
"I in turn had a conversation with Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Ukrainian Defence Minister Olexii Reznikov and Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov. We noted that the grain initiative meets the interests of all parties, and its failure will only lead to negative consequences. The negotiations have yielded positive results. The Turkish president announced the resumption of the grain corridor yesterday. After that, six more vessels left Ukrainian ports," Akar said.
Thus, the number of vessels that have left Ukrainian ports since the beginning of the grain initiative has reached 426. A total of 9.7 million tonnes of agricultural products have been exported, added Akar.
On 2 November, Russia changed its mind and returned to the "grain deal".
The Russian Defence Ministry stated that Russia received "written guarantees" from Ukraine that the grain corridor would not be used for military operations against the Russian Federation.
Later, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow reserves the right to withdraw from the Black Sea Grain Initiative if Ukraine violates its guarantees not to use the "grain corridor" for attacks on the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has denied the statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Ukraine had allegedly made new commitments to implement the "grain deal".
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