The United Nations coordinated to open a route to transport food in Ukraine

Turkey’s state news agency Anadolu on June 2, citing diplomatic sources, gave the above information.

On the same day, May 2, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu confirmed that the United Nations had proposed to set up a four-way contact group including Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations to deal with the movement of foreign countries. carrier cereal from the ports of Ukraine and Ankara agreed in principle to the UN proposal.

The parties are planning to meet in Istanbul in the next few days to discuss the details of the safe passage of food ships.

The conference also intends to establish a platform in Istanbul (Turkey) to maintain communication between Russia and Ukraine regarding the safe movement of food vessels, with an estimated 20 million tons of grain. Cups are exported to world markets.

By 2021, Ukraine will supply 10% of wheat and corn, more than a third of sunflower oil globally. (Photo: Shutterstock)

On the same day, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that grain ships can leave Ukraine’s ports on the Black Sea coast through “humanitarian corridors” and that Moscow is ready to ensure the safety of these ships.

Earlier, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on June 1 warned that, Russia-Ukraine conflict could lead to an accident food crisis globally and most severely affects developing countries. The United Nations Secretary-General stressed that the food crisis cannot be effectively resolved when the fertilizers and foodstuffs of Russia, as well as of Ukraine, cannot access the world market. Therefore, he called for a quick end to the conflict in Ukraine.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Russia and Ukraine are the world’s largest and fifth largest wheat exporters, respectively. These two countries contribute 19% of the world supply of barley, 14% of wheat and 4% of maize, accounting for more than 30% of global cereal exports.

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