Zelensky stated 22 million tonnes of grain was caught in the meanwhile as a result of Russian invasion. (File)

Kyiv:

Ukraine is holding talks with Turkey and the United Nations to safe ensures for grain exports from Ukrainian ports, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated on Monday.

“Talks are in fact going on now with Turkey and the U.N. (and) our representatives who are responsible for the security of the grain that leaves our ports,” Zelenskiy informed a information convention alongside Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson.

“This is a very important thing that someone guarantees the security of ships for this or that country – apart from Russia, which we do not trust. We therefore need security for those ships which will come here to load foodstuffs.”

Zelenskiy stated Ukraine was working “directly” with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the difficulty and that the group was “playing a leading role, not as a moderator.”

News reviews have urged in latest weeks that such talks would quickly be happening in Turkey.

Ukraine, one of many world’s main grain exporters, accuses Russia of blocking the motion of its ships, and Zelenskiy stated 22 million tonnes of grain was caught in the meanwhile with an extra harvest of about 60 million tonnes anticipated within the autumn.

Russia denies it’s blocking any motion of grain and says Ukraine is in charge for the shortage of motion, partly due to what it says are mining operations in its ports.

Ukraine has additionally accused Russia of stealing grain from its warehouses and taking it overseas – both to Russian-occupied areas, Russia itself or different nations.

A Turkish official on Monday stated Turkey had halted a Russian-flagged cargo ship off its Black Sea coast and was investigating a Ukrainian declare that it was carrying stolen grain.

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