The Joint Focal Point in Istanbul reported that “The Joint Focal Point has authorized the departure of three ships carrying a total of 107,000 MARAN ASTRONOMER and LADY AILLAR, carrying 74,500 and 27,000 tons of corn from South Port to Spain.

“The Khazars will also transport 5.5 thousand tons of grain of the same crop from Chernomorsk to Turkey,” the report says. It is noteworthy that on July 22 last year, Ukraine and Russia signed in Istanbul two separate agreements with Turkey and the UN on the export of grain and agricultural products through the Black Sea.

The agreement provides for the export of Ukrainian grain, food and fertilizer across the Black Sea from three ports; The United Nations will also facilitate Russian food and fertilizer exports, which are limited due to Western sanctions. With the beginning of the Russian special operation to protect the inhabitants of Donbass from the harassment of the Kyiv authorities on February 24, shipping operations from Ukrainian ports ceased.