Key aspects of the plan to resume the export of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea provide partial clearance of ports and approaches to them, the ceasefire for passing caravans with grain, the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, with reference to sources.
“According to a comprehensive agreement reached on Wednesday, grain can be sent from three Ukrainian ports in convoys, accompanied by Ukrainian ships, with the end of fire to protect vessels within geographical borders and some clearance operations,” the newspaper writes.
It notes that technical details have yet to work, including how clearance around Ukrainian ports will take place. Ukraine originally informed the UN that the safe passage through its minefields can be applied to the map, “but the so -called floating mines should also be neutralized,” the Western official told the newspaper.
In accordance with the agreements, the Turkish Navy will inspect empty vessels entering Ukrainian ports to dispel Russia’s fears that ships can be used to transport Western weapons with the Armed Forces of Kyiv.
As reported, during the negotiations, their participants agreed to create a coordination center in Istanbul. “The participants in a four -sided meeting agreed to create a coordination center in Istanbul (resolving the issue) of the export of Ukrainian grain,” said the head of the Ministry of Defense of Turkey, Hulushi Akar. He also said that representatives of Turkey, Russia and Ukraine plan to hold another meeting next week.
The Wall Street Journal writes that although officials said that negotiations ended with an agreement on the general export parameters, “they warned that any transaction was not yet signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.” “The most important thing is that we still need a green light from Putin,” the official said. The sources of the newspaper do not exclude that this can happen during the meeting of the Russian leader with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Tehran next week.