For the first time, Ukraine sent humanitarian grain through the sea corridor
Wheat
Published Feb 9, 2024
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Ukraine has dispatched its first shipment of humanitarian grain to Nigeria through its own sea corridor, under the Grain from Ukraine program and the UN World Food Program. The shipment, containing 25,000 tons of Ukrainian wheat, departed from the ports of Great Odesa. This initiative was taken following the disruption of the 'grain agreement' by Russia, leading Ukraine to establish new partnerships with Bulgaria, Romania, and Turkey to ensure the corridor's operation.
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Today, February 8, Ukraine for the first time sent humanitarian grain through its own sea corridor as part of the Grain from Ukraine program. As reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, for the first time in 2024, a ship with Ukrainian wheat left the ports of Great Odesa as part of the Grain from Ukraine program. There are 25,000 tons of Ukrainian wheat on board for the people of Nigeria. "The event is significant, as this is the first ship within the framework of the Grain from Ukraine program and the UN World Food Program (WFP - ed.), which was sent through Ukraine's own maritime corridor," the agency emphasized. It is noted that the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solskyi, Regional Director of the WFP for the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe Corin Fleischer, representatives of the Danish Embassy in Ukraine, the UN WFP, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, and local self-government bodies took part in the launch of the vessel. Last ...
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