Caravan of ships leaves and grain corridor works - journalist Yaresko
Kateryna Yaresko, a journalist for the Seakrime project of the Myrotvorets Center, noted that Turkey has changed its policy and is interested in the grain corridor so that the agreement shall continue
She told about this on the air of Espreso channel.
The journalist expressed hope for the continuation of the grain corridor: "the situation will improve and a good sign is that this morning, on November 3, a caravan with a cargo of 290 thousand tons left. These are seven vessels that were waiting for the situation to be resolved. In addition, some vessels declare their course to our ports in the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul and already at the exit from the Bosphorus in the Black Sea."
Katerina Yaresko noted that we saw strong reactions from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the UN to Russia's attempt to terminate the grain agreement, respectively the grain corridor ill continue to work.
"Erdogan is a very influential player in this market, besides the grain agreement was his initiative, which he recorded in the media and the Turkish media presented it as a very powerful PR campaign of the Turkish President and as directly his merit and achievement. In addition, Erdogan will have elections soon, so he will definitely lobby for this. And the second aspect is that Turkey earns from this. In addition, Ankara refused the grain that Russia carries from the occupied territories, at least for direct transportation, which we almost do not record, as it was in early spring when ships with stolen Ukrainian grain entered Turkish ports. Accordingly, we are seeing a change in Turkey's policy, which means that Ankara is interested in this, so the grain agreement will continue," Yaresko explained.
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