Ukraine to set up mechanism to supply food to Syria: Zelenskiy

Ukraine has been considered one of many enviornment’s top grain and oilseeds exporters, and has been exporting wheat and corn to Center Eastern international locations, but to no longer Syria

Reuters

15 December, 2024, 12:30 pm

Final modified: 15 December, 2024, 01:39 pm

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged on Saturday he had urged his executive to build up provide mechanisms to ship in conjunction with world organisations and partners meals to Syria within the aftermath of the autumn of President Bashar al-Assad.

Ukraine has been considered one of many enviornment’s top grain and oilseeds exporters, and has been exporting wheat and corn to Center Eastern international locations, but to no longer Syria.

Syria imported meals from Russia sooner or later of the Assad generation, but Russian wheat provides were suspended amid the uncertainty and cost delays, Russian and Syrian sources acknowledged on Friday.

“We’re interesting to help Syria in preventing a meals disaster, in particular thru the humanitarian program ‘Grain from Ukraine’,” Zelenskiy wrote on X.

“I of course hold urged the executive to receive meals provide mechanisms in cooperation with world organizations and partners who can help.”

Ukraine’s exports were buffeted by Russia’s plump-scale invasion in February 2022, which severely diminished shipments by the Dark Sea. Ukraine has since damaged a de facto sea blockade and revived exports from its southern ports of Odesa.