The UN Secretary General said that Russian food and fertilizer should be brought to the world market favorable to prevent food crisis next year.
All governments and private sectors must cooperate so that these products can reach the market, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on August 20, emphasizing the importance of Russian food and fertilizer for Russian.
Speaking at the joint coordination center in Turkey, the supervisory agency implemented the cereal agreement that Russia and Ukraine signed in July, Mr. Guterres warned that if the agricultural products and fertilizers could not access the market.
In addition to ensuring safe transport corridors on the Black Sea for Ukrainian cereal ships for export, the agreement last month also committed to respect the right to export agricultural products and fertilizers of Russia, the items were not punished by Western
Razoni cargo ship departed from Odessa port, Ukraine on August 1, carrying 26,000 tons of corn.
He identified Turkey's Istanbul activities and Ukraine's Odessa port city was the floating part of the cereal agreement.
The UN Secretary General said that despite its commitment, he found that Russian agricultural and fertilizer exports were in fact still facing many obstacles.
Without fertilizer in 2022, we will not have enough food in 2023. Adding food and fertilizer from Ukraine and Russia is a survival requirement for stabilizing the commodity market and lowering the price for people.
Mr. Guterres also visited Brave Commander, the first cargo ship leased by the United Nations to transport cereals from Ukraine.
The UN Secretary General committed to accelerating measures to support cereal exports to Ukraine before winter began.
Under the July cereal agreement, Ukraine transferred more than 650,000 tons of food and agricultural products from the three ports of Odessa, Chornomorsk and Pivdenny to partners in the past 20 days.
The cargo ships must follow the roadmap that is under the black sea and are checked by JCC before crossing the Bosphorus strait.
Panama Star ship, carrying 33,000 tons of cereals, docked in Ireland this week, nearly two weeks after leaving Odessa.
The Ukrainian Ambassador to Ireland Larysa Gerasko noted the trains maintained or not depending on the will and actions of Russia.
The ports of southern Ukraine were blocked by the Russian Navy as well as Ukraine's Navy for months, breaking the global agricultural supply chain, before the United Nations and Turkey convinced the two countries committed to creating.
We expect Russia to respect commitments on the Black Sea Cereal initiative, Gerasko said.
The Odessa raid when the cereal agreement has not been drained, showing that Russia does not want to let go of the Black Sea and the cards put pressure on the global food supply.
When the harvest approached, Ukrainian farmers stood still, worried that the new cereal agreement could not help them overcome the deadlock.