KYIV. UkraineGate . 21 . September . 2022 | Political News.
Ukraine will transfer 50,000 tons of wheat to starving African countries as humanitarian aid. The Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal announced this decision of the government on Facebook .
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“On the instructions of the President, the government decided to send 50,000 tons of wheat to starving African countries as humanitarian aid. The preservation of safe corridors for the export of Ukrainian grain remains an important link in the chain of global food security,” Shmyhal noted.
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“Ukraine has always fulfilled its obligations regarding the transit of grain, as it understands all responsibility to people and the world. After February 24, Russia insidiously blocked our ports and the export of grain, and it is Russia that is responsible for the potential famine in the countries of Asia and Africa,” Shmyhal emphasized .
At the same time, the head of the government reported that thanks to the assistance of the UN, 177 ships with 4 million tons of grain have already left the ports of Ukraine to the countries of Asia, Africa and Europe, according to the latest data.
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On July 22, Ukraine, the United Nations, Turkey and Russia signed an agreement (Ukraine and the Russian Federation separately) aimed at ensuring the safe passage of ships entering and leaving the three Ukrainian Black Sea ports (“Odesa”, “Chornomorsk”, “Pivdenyi”), which were blocked by the Russian Federation after the invasion of Moscow on February 24.
Ukraine and Russia are major exporters of grain, and the port blockade has delayed tens of millions of tons of grain in the country. The first ship with grain under the agreement left the port of Odessa on August 1. The first vessel to be loaded entered the Odesa port on August 6 for the first time since February 24. So, the corridor worked in both directions.
Source: Ukrgate
