The US is considering options for a “military solution” to protect ships as part of exports of agricultural products from Ukraine via Danube ports. The newspaper writes about it The Wall Street Gazetteciting sources in the American administration.
The source did not fully explain what options and specifically “military solutions” are in question and which countries are involved. It is claimed that negotiations are continuing with Ukraine itself and Turkey as well as regional states to solve this problem.
It was noted that the actions of the US authorities to increase food exports through Danube ports are separate from the efforts of the UN and Turkey to reinstate the grain agreement.
United States on August 15. lead the way Negotiations with Turkey, Ukraine and other Eastern European countries on the creation of alternative routes for the export of Ukrainian grain after the end of the grain agreement. The Washington-backed plan urged Ukraine to “increase its capacity” to export 4 million tons of grain per month along the Danube by October, it said.
Prior to that, Kommersant newspaper, referring to the information it obtained from the Turkish media, wrote that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wrote during the anticipated visit of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. plans to reach Agreements on preventing the delivery of Ukrainian agricultural products to world markets through Black Sea ports.
Last ship previously covered by grain agreement left Black Sea.