A Joint Coordination Center (JCC) for Ukrainian grain exports will be opened in Istanbul on Wednesday, July 27, the Turkish Defense Ministry said, Reuters reported.
"The Joint Coordination Center (JCC) for Ukrainian grain exports under a U.N.-brokered agreement will be opened in a ceremony in Istanbul on Wednesday," the report said.
All parties will appoint representatives to the JCC to oversee the plan, Reuters reported.
Ukraine, the United Nations, Turkey, and Russia signed an agreement on July 22 (Ukraine and Russia separately) aimed at ensuring the safe passage of ships entering and leaving three Ukrainian Black Sea ports (Odessa, Chernomorsk, and Yuzhny) that were blocked by Russia after the Feb. 24 invasion by Moscow.
Ukraine and russia are major grain exporters, and the port blockade has delayed tens of millions of tons of grain in the country.
