The UN-brokered deal expired on July 17
1 August 2023
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Ukraine and Croatia have agreed on the potential for the use of Croatian ports at the Danube and the Adriatic Sea for the export of Ukrainian grain, Reuters reported, mentioning Overseas Minister Dmytro Kuleba after talks along with his Croatian counterpart on Monday.
Russia hand over the UN-brokered Black Sea grain deal this month, depriving Ukraine, a world manufacturer, of an important conduit to soundly export its agricultural merchandise all through the struggle.
“Now we can paintings to ascertain the most productive routes to those ports and profit from this chance,” Kuleba mentioned after assembly Grlic Radman in Kyiv.
“Each contribution to unblocking export, each door opened is an actual, efficient contribution to the sector’s meals safety,” he mentioned.
Ukraine recently depends upon land export routes by way of the Eu Union in addition to an alternate course by way of the Danube River. Russia attacked infrastructure alongside the latter course previous this month.
Kuleba mentioned the primary topic of his talks along with his Croatian counterpart had been guns.
“I can handiest say that there are certain agreements that shall be carried out quickly,” he mentioned with out offering main points.