Ukraine’s Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov said on Monday that his government’s Cereal exports by sea, blocked by the war, are expected to resume this week.
Departure of ships from Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea It will take place within the framework of the agreement signed in Istanbul on July 22.As quoted by the Interfax agency, the minister said during an appearance in Kiev.
According to their estimates, rthe opening of ports will allow approximately 3 million tons of monthly exports, this will bring Ukraine an additional income of $1,000 million.
Kubrakov, the coordination center to be established in Istanbul oversee the operation of the humanitarian corridor It will start working on Wednesday, July 27 for the grain output.
However, their functions will not extend to the territorial waters of Ukraine, where he said: “Only the Ukrainian authorities will have the authority to manage and guarantee all processes.”
Aisles for grain shipments
Mine clearance works will be carried out exclusively in the region. corridors created to allow grain shipments to exit He added that all ships will be accompanied by ships from the Ministry of Infrastructure.
Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Yuri Vaskov pointed out that if everything goes according to plan, the first grain shipment will take place. will leave the port of Chornomorsk this weekin the Odessa region.
“Odessa port and Pivdenny port will follow” He confirmed and assured that within two weeks the Ministry would be technically ready to export from all terminals of the three ports in question.
The agreement signed last week under the auspices of the United Nations and Turkey, a sea corridor to alleviate The food crisis caused by Russia’s blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports.
But after the attacks on the commercial port of Odessa on Saturday, Ukraine blamed Russia. “Spit in the face” of the UN and Turkey He said that if the deal breaks down, Russia must take “all responsibility”.