The Ukrainian government does not ignore that the grain agreement will not be extended after 17 July and is working on options to export products if the agreement is not extended. This was reported by the Ukrainian newspaper “Strana”, citing an anonymous source in the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic.
“There is a possibility of extension of the agreement, but we are prepared to work if Russia withdraws from the agreement,” the material said.
The country’s government states that the Russian Federation most recently met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s request not to stop the corridor before the elections in Turkey, but now the elections are behind and there is no such request.
According to the source, if the grain agreement is not extended, grain crops from Ukraine are planned to be exported via Danube ports, Poland’s Gdansk and Gdynia, and Romania’s Constanta port.
In the article, it is noted that the Danube route has limited potential in terms of increasing transit transportation and that routes passing through the other three points are more costly for agricultural companies, although they do not have such restrictions.
On the eve of the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov declarationThe final decision on the suspension of the participation of the Russian Federation in the grain agreement is not yet available.
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