The Turkish Ministry of Defense announces the arrival of the first ship loaded with Ukrainian grain to Istanbul, in the first deal within the food agreement signed in Turkey.
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The ship will be inspected tomorrow by representatives of the Joint Coordination Center
The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced today, Tuesday, the arrival of the first ship loaded with Ukrainian grain in Istanbul, following the signing of an agreement between Ukraine and Russia, with Turkey and the United Nations, on the export of grain and agricultural products through the Black Sea.
And the Turkish Defense announced, in a statement, “the arrival of the Razzoni ship loaded with corn at the entrance to the Istanbul Strait, and anchored it in the place designated for it.”
She pointed out that the ship, which departed from Odessa in southern Ukraine, will be inspected tomorrow by representatives of the Joint Coordination Center, before delivering its shipment of regarding 26,000 tons of corn to Tripoli in northern Lebanon.
was Turkey’s representative at the Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul confirmedAnd earlier today, Tuesday, that the first ship carrying Ukrainian grain to world markets, since the start of the crisis in Ukraine, is likely to dock off Istanbul this evening.
On July 22, Istanbul witnessed the signing of a multilateral agreement on lifting restrictions on the import of food products and fertilizers from Russia, and on helping to export Ukrainian grains from the Black Sea coast.
It includes the tripartite agreement, which Signed by representatives of Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United NationsUkraine exported grain, food and fertilizer across the Black Sea from three ports, including Odessa.
And earlier, The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced That the first ship loaded with foodstuffs, the cargo ship “Razzoni”. Under the flag of Sierra Leone, yesterday, Monday, it left the port of Odessa.
The sea lane, through which the ship loaded with corn sails, is located in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.
The humanitarian operation was planned with the participation of Russian officers within the framework of the Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul.
It is likely that the 120 days, which is the period of operation of the renewable agreement, will be enough to complete the procedures for shipping abroad 25 million tons of wheat and other grains stuck in Ukrainian ports.
In this context, Turkish media revealed that The Joint Coordination Center will be openedin accordance with the terms of the Grain Transfer Understanding Initiative, at the headquarters of the Turkish Ministry of Defense in Ankara.