Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlic Radman said Monday in Kiev that Croatia has made its ports on the Adriatic available to Ukraine for the export of grain and backed the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country invaded by Russia.
“In the context of the possible world food crisis, Croatia has made its ports available for the export of Ukrainian grains,” the minister said after speaking with his Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba, the Croatian Foreign Ministry reported.
Moscow announced on July 17 the suspension of the agreement for the export of grain through the Black Sea from Ukrainian ports, after denouncing that the commitments with Russia had not been fulfilled. Thus, the maritime blockade typical of a war of conquest returned. The United Nations immediately warned that some countries in the Middle East and Africa would face famine if kyiv could not export its products across the Black Sea.
The export agreement was sealed in July 2022, with the mediation of Turkey and the United Nations, and has allowed the export of more than 32 million tons of Ukrainian grain since then.
Grlic Radman opined that Croatia, which had a long and difficult path from independence and Serbian military aggression to the country’s full integration into the European Union, has many experiences to share with Ukraine.
One of these is the peaceful reintegration of the occupied territories with the help of the UN and another is the dismantling of the mines, “especially in light of the fact that Ukraine is the breadbasket that feeds the world, including the most vulnerable countries,” he stressed.
The minister attended in the town of Hostomel the delivery of 50 electric generators obtained by UNICEF thanks to one million euros of Croatian donations for schools and hospitals in Ukraine. He vowed that Croatia will continue to provide “unwavering support for Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, within its internationally recognized borders,” the Croatian ministry said.
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