Was agreed to establish a coordination center in Istanbul during the meeting on the unblocking of Ukrainian wheat exports which was held in the metropolis on the Bosphorus between the military delegations of Moscow, Kiev and Ankara, which media together with UN representatives. This was announced by the Turkish Defense Minister, Hulusi Akar, quoted by the Anadolu news agency.
According to Akar, “a consensus on joint controls at ports of departure and destination and on the safety of ships along transfer routes“Furthermore, next week the Ukrainian and Russian delegations will meet again in Turkey and” all the details will be examined and the work done will be signed “.
The agreement reached in Istanbul is “an important step” to combat the food emergency and “I hope” that the “final” agreement can be signed next week, declared the Secretary General of the United Nations. Anthony Guterrescommenting on the outcome of the wheat export talks.
Today’s meeting highlighted the “goodwill” of both sides and I am “optimistic” that an agreement on wheat can be reached, continued Guterres, according to whom the talks have shown that Russians and Ukrainians, if they want, can have a “constructive dialogue”. But, frankly speaking, the UN secretary general stressed that the agreement does not open concrete prospects in view of a peace agreement, for which – he concluded – “much work still remains to be done”.