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Separately, Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement in Istanbul with Turkiye and the UN to resume grain shipments from Ukrainian ports to international markets via the Black Sea.
According to Xinhua, the agreement was first signed by Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu with his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, and then by Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov with the other two parties.
The ceremony was also attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The first round of talks between Turkish, Russian, and Ukrainian military delegations and United Nations representatives ended last week with an agreement on the basic principles of the Black Sea shipment process. The parties also agreed to set up a coordination center in Istanbul to conduct and control the shipment process.
According to the state-run Anadolu news agency, the agreement will allow approximately 20 million tons of grain stored at Ukrainian ports to be shipped to the rest of the world via the Black Sea.
Source:OCN
