The first shipment of cereals exported by Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, initially intended for Lebanon and then canceled due to a delay in delivery, has found a new buyer in Turkey, according to the site. information Middle East Eye.
This is the freighter
Razoni,
which left the Ukrainian port of Odessa (south) on August 1 with 26,000 tonnes of corn on board.
He finally arrived Wednesday August 10 at the port of Mersin, Turkey, according to maritime traffic monitoring sites.
Its sales contract with the original purchaser had been cancelled.
The five-month delivery time had "
encouraged the buyer and the shipper to agree on the cancellation of the order
", explained the Ukrainian embassy in Lebanon in a press release, the shipper was therefore studying "
other purchase requests
.
Resumption of grain exports
Russia and Ukraine signed two separate agreements on July 22, validated by the United Nations, to allow exports of Ukrainian cereals blocked by the war and those, despite Western sanctions, of Russian agricultural products, with the aim of putting end to the global food crisis.
Under this agreement, "
12 ships have already left Ukrainian ports with agricultural products destined for seven countries, and two other ships have docked for loading
," said Oleksiy Vostrikov, the head of the Ukrainian port authority, on Wednesday. Facebook.
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Frederick Kenney, a senior UN official in charge of overseeing the agreement, said on Wednesday August 10 that after Ukrainian corn, wheat exports would begin next week.
"
The next step is the transhipment of three million tons - or more - of cereals at the rate of a hundred ships per month
", specified Oleksiï Vostrikov.
