Aug. 2 () –
The first ship loaded with grain from the Ukrainian port of Odessa arrived at the Turkish Bosphorus in the Black Sea on Tuesday, where it anchored waiting to be inspected at the coordination center agreed by Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations.
This has been confirmed by the Turkish Ministry of Defense on its Twitter social network profile, where it has attached several photographs of ‘Razoni’, the Sierra Leone-flagged vessel, navigating the waters of the Black Sea.
This is therefore the first export of food from Ukraine – considered as ‘the breadbasket of Europe’ – since the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, ordered to start the war more than five months ago, at the end of February.
The ship has traveled through a safe corridor guaranteed by the United Nations and Turkey, as announced on Monday by Ukraine’s Infrastructure Minister, Oleksander Kubrakov, who explained that some 26,000 tons of grain were being transported on board.
This first export is the result of an agreement that went ahead after Ukraine and Russia agreed to the plan sponsored by the United Nations to form a coordination center in the city of Istanbul with the aim of carrying out joint inspections at the entrances and exits of the ports and guarantee the security of the routes.
The coordination center is located in Istanbul, and it will also be in charge of examining the ships that enter Ukraine to guarantee that they do not carry weapons or combat material.
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