Ukraine will sign the wheat export agreement with the UN and Turkey but not with Russia. This was announced by the advisor to the Ukrainian presidency Mikhailo Podolyak, in view of the signing today in Istanbul of the agreement that should unblock exports that have been blocked for months due to the war.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu is in the Turkish city to sign the agreement as announced by the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, however, clarifying that Russia “will not do things hastily”. Peskov then quoted the Russian president’s words on the importance of the agreement: “Putin said that, against the backdrop of the approaching food crisis, it is very important to unblock supply routes to world fertilizer, food and grain markets. “.
The signing ceremony of the agreement will be held in the presence of the Russian and Ukrainian delegations, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres.
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