Ukraine and Croatia Agree on Use of Croatian Ports for Grain Exports

Ukraine and Croatia Agree on Use of Croatian Ports for Grain Exports
Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba speaks to the press before arriving at a U.N. Security Council meeting on the situation in Ukraine, at the U.N. headquarters in New York on July 17, 2023. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
Reuters
8/1/2023
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8/1/2023
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Ukraine and Croatia have agreed on the possibility of using Croatian ports on the Danube and the Adriatic Sea for the export of Ukrainian grain, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said after talks with his Croatian counterpart on Monday.

Russia quit the U.N.-brokered Black Sea grain deal this month, depriving Ukraine, a global producer, of a vital conduit to safely export its agricultural products during the war.

“Now we will work to establish the most efficient routes to these ports and make the most of this opportunity,” Mr. Kuleba said after meeting Grlic Radman in Kyiv.

Ukraine currently relies on land export routes via the European Union as well as an alternative route via the Danube River.

Mr. Kuleba said the main subject of his talks with his Croatian counterpart were weapons.

“I will only say that there are specific agreements that will be implemented soon,” he said without providing details.