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ISTANBUL, Jul 14Two ships with grain are planned to be sent from Ukraine to Turkey in the days remaining before the end of the grain deal, said Ismini Palla, spokeswoman for the UN deal coordinator. no, because the obligations towards Russia are not fulfilled. The grain deal expires on July 17. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that he and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have the same opinion on extending the grain corridor.
«Inspection of one ship leaving the Ukrainian port is scheduled for Saturday. Another ship is being loaded in the port of Odessa at the moment,» Palla said.
The Black Sea Initiative, which was signed on July 22, 2022 by representatives of Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the UN, involves the export of Ukrainian grain and food, as well as fertilizers across the Black Sea from three ports, including Odessa. The coordination of vessel traffic is handled by the Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul. Putin pointed out that the West exports most of the Ukrainian grain to their own states, and not to the needy African countries.
The grain initiative is an integral part of the package agreement. The second part — the Russia-UN memorandum, designed for three years — provides for the unblocking of Russian exports of food and fertilizers; other measures. As noted in Moscow, this part of the package agreement has not yet been implemented.