UN Secretary General thanks President of Turkiye

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the extension of the Grain Agreement, Report informs.

“As the quad meeting (Russia, Turkiye, Ukraine, and UN) agreed on the renewal of the BSGI, I want to express my deep appreciation to Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Türkiye. Without their generosity and commitment, this initiative would never have been born. Istanbul remains the centre of a remarkable diplomatic achievement,” Antonio Guterres tweeted.

“Welcome news that the Black Sea Grain Initiative will be renewed until March. Grain will continue to flow from Ukraine to help feed the world. Over 11m tonnes of grain and other food have already been delivered since July. It is vital this continues,” Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom James Cleverly tweeted.

On July 22, a package of documents was signed in Istanbul to solve the problem of supplying food and fertilizers to world markets. One of the agreements regulates the procedure for exporting grain from Black Sea ports controlled by Kyiv. The Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul, established by Russia, Turkiye, Ukraine and the UN, is designed to prevent arms smuggling and inspect grain-carrying ships to rule out sabotage.