Ukraine calls on the world to achieve an immediate end to such actions by the Russian Federation.
Russian inspectors from the Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul significantly are delaying the inspection of ships bound for implementation of the “grain agreement” already for ten days – from October 14. As a result of hostile actions, more than 165 ships are already in line near the Bosphorus Strait. And this number continues to grow, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reported on Facebook.
The agency clarified that Russia is detaining both those ships bound for Ukrainian ports and those already loaded with our grain and trying to reach their destination.
“Russia's actions undermine global food security, in particular in the region of the Global South. Inspection delays prevented Ukraine from exporting an additional 3 million tons of grain. 10 million people in the world did not receive food on time because of Russia's political ambitions,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized.
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The agency called on the world, including African and Asian countries that import grain from our country, to demand from the Russian Federation an immediate end to the artificial delays of ships. “We must not allow the Kremlin to hold millions of people hostage to its hunger games,” the ministry added.
It was also noted that Kyiv had already appealed to the Secretariat of the Joint Coordination Center with a request to urgently resolve this issue and offered, in particular , increase the number of inspectors in the Bosphorus.
“We strive to continue close cooperation with the UN and Turkey to ensure the smooth functioning of the Black Sea Grain Corridor,” the message concluded.
Earlier it was reported that the United States of America supports the continuation of the “grain agreement”. The same statements were made by Ukraine and Turkey.
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However, before that Russia sent UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres a list of demands, in case of non-fulfillment of which threatens to withdraw from the “grain agreement”. Among them is the promotion of the export of Russian food and fertilizers.
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