Following discussions with his Croatian counterpart on Monday, Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, announced that the two countries had reached an agreement about the potential use of Croatian ports on the Danube and the Adriatic Sea for the sale of Ukrainian grain.
This month, Russia pulled out of the UN-mediated Black Sea grain deal, depriving Ukraine, a major grain exporter, of a crucial channel for exporting its agricultural goods in a secure manner throughout the conflict.
After meeting Grlic Radman in Kyiv, Kuleba said, “Now we will work to establish the most efficient routes to these ports and make the most of this opportunity. Every contribution to unblocking export, every door opened is a real, effective contribution to the world’s food security.”
Currently, Ukraine depends on land export routes through the European Union and another route across the Danube River. Earlier this month, Russia struck facilities along the latter route.
According to Kuleba, the crucial part of the meeting with his Crotian counterpart was weapons. Without divulging much detail, he said, “I will only say that there are specific agreements that will be implemented soon.”
