Three ships expected to leave Odessa as Ukrainian grain export resumes
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According to Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, an empty ship will head toward Ukraine after being inspected in Istanbul based on the grain agreement.
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Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar
Three ships are set to leave Ukrainian ports, on Friday, with grain, according to Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar. As reported by TRT Haber, Akar said that "with the intensive work of the Joint Coordination Center, three ships are planned to depart from Ukrainian ports on Friday."
According to the statement, Akar spoke with Ukraine's Minister of Infrastructure and Defense on the state of grain supply. Furthermore, Akar said an empty ship will head toward Ukraine after being inspected in Istanbul based on the grain agreement signed earlier.
On July 22, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, and Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov signed a grain deal mediated by the United Nations in Istanbul.
"The Secretary-General is the witness of the Black Sea initiative, we expect to see the defense minister of the Russian Federation, defense minister of Turkey, and the infrastructure minister of Ukraine signing the deal," a senior UN official told a briefing before the signing of the deal.
On August 2, Turkey expected that roughly 1 ship carrying grain will leave the ports of Ukraine each day as long as the agreement ensuring the safe passage of grain ships is upheld, a senior Turkish official said after the first grain ship set sail on Monday, August 1, destined to Lebanon from the port of Odessa. This is the first grain export ship from Ukraine since the start of the Ukraine war.
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