Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said that after the resumption of the "grain corridor", six more dry cargo ships with agricultural products left Ukrainian ports.
The Turkish minister said this during a visit to the command post of the 3rd Infantry Division of the Turkish Armed Forces, the Turkish state news agency Anadolu reports.
According to Akar, after Russia announced the suspension of participation in the Black Sea grain initiative, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a series of telephone conversations with his colleagues from the Russian Federation and Ukraine.
"I, in turn, talked with the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov and the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov. We noted that the grain initiative meets the interests of all parties and its disruption will only lead to negative consequences. The negotiations yielded positive results. The President The day before, Turkey announced the resumption of the "grain corridor". After that, six more ships left Ukrainian ports," said Akar.
Thus, the number of vessels leaving Ukrainian ports since the start of the grain initiative reached 426. A total of 9.7 million tons of agricultural products were exported, Akar added.