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Croatia Offers its Ports and Railways for Ukrainian Grain Transit Amid Russian War

Croatia Offers its Ports and Railways for Ukrainian Grain Transit Amid Russian War
photo: Suspilne Odesa/Croatia Offers its Ports and Railways for Ukrainian Grain Transit Amid Russian War
19 / 07 / 2023

At a meeting of the UN General Assembly, Croatian Foreign Minister Frano Matušić, during an open ministerial debate on the situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, offered to use Croatia's railway network and ports in the Adriatic Sea to transport Ukrainian grain via alternative routes in light of Russia's blocking of the Black Sea Grain Initiative.

According to Ukrainian media sources, a Croatian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said that Zagreb "is ready to help find new routes for Ukrainian grain exports, and Croatian railways and ports on the Adriatic Sea are one of the possible alternative routes."

On 17 July 2023, Russia announced the termination of the grain initiative concluded last year, demanding the unblocking of Russian exports and the connection of a Russian bank to the SWIFT system, and last night it launched a missile attack on the port of Odesa, destroying its infrastructure and once again using food as a weapon and for blackmail.

In response to the suspension of the agreement, Ukraine has appealed to Turkey and the UN to continue the operation of the grain corridor under the Black Sea Grain Initiative without Russia, while the Kremlin has threatened "risks" to parties that decide to continue the grain deal without Russia's participation.

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