Grain harvesting. File photoBERLIN, May 31.German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that he supports the efforts of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to ensure the export of grain from Ukraine. «Therefore, it is so important that we now intensify our efforts in order to make it possible to export grain from Ukraine. The UN Secretary General is discussing with all those involved and with great support, for example, from my side and the French president, how can agreements be reached with Ukraine, with Russia and others on the issue of how to create safe corridors,» Scholz said at a briefing following the EU leaders' summit in Brussels, which was broadcast TV channel Welt.
Mines interfere with the withdrawal of ships with grain from Ukrainian ports, said Cavusoglu The Russian Foreign Ministry said earlier that Russia does not interfere with the export of Ukrainian grain, logistical problems arose through the fault of Kyiv, its troops mined their seaports. The Foreign Ministry added that «the talk about Russia's allegedly blocking the export of Ukrainian grain in the Black Sea ports and the resulting deficit in the grain market is nothing but speculation.» A former employee of the Odessa sea harbor told RIA Novosti that Ukraine is exporting wheat reserves from storage facilities in the port of Odessa by alternative routes under pressure from the European Union, despite the threat of a grain shortage in the country itself. Moscow has been taking measures for the free export of Ukrainian grain for more than a month, it is important to ensure that Kyiv has cleared exits from ports, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, noted Russia's readiness to facilitate maritime transit of goods in the Black Sea in coordination with Turkish partners, the press service reports. Kremlin.
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