“The agreement has been extended for another 120 days,” Ukraine’s Minister of Community, Land and Infrastructure Development, Oleksandr Kubrakov, said via his Facebook account, thanking UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as well as all allies. countries participating in the mediation.
“This means that Ukraine continues to export its agricultural products through three ports,” the minister explained, explaining that since August 1, 25 million tons of grain have been sent “to meet the needs of the world.”
On Wednesday, Turkey announced that it was negotiating with Ukraine and Russia to extend the grain agreement for a period of 120 days, instead of the 60 days announced by Moscow.
The agreement, which was approved in July 2022 mediated by the United Nations and Turkey, was extended last November and was due to expire today.
Also today, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the extension of the international agreement on the export of Ukrainian grain, but without specifying the duration of the agreement. “The continuation and stability of the agreement is vital,” Erdogan said.
Erdogan attended a public event in Çanakkale, western Turkey, where he thanked Ukraine, Russia and the United Nations for their participation in the negotiations.
However, Russia has already announced that it has agreed to extend Ukraine’s grain export agreement for only 60 days, not 120 as Kiev said. “There are statements from various quarters that the agreement on grain exports has been extended for 120 days,” said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, denying the validity of this information.
And the Russian Interfax agency quoted, and its copy, Agence France-Presse, Maria Zakharova confirmed: “We have repeatedly said that (…) the Russian side has informed all concerned parties that the agreement has been extended for a period of 60 days.”
Earlier, government officials in Kiev confirmed that the agreement between Russia and Ukraine to extend the Ukrainian grain export agreement is valid for 120 days.
The agreement facilitated the export of 25 million tons of grain on more than 1,600 commercial vessel voyages since last July.
Fifty-five percent of this food went to developing countries.
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