BRUSSELS – Head of the EU foreign service, Josep Borrell on Monday reiterated that establishing a corridor for the export of grain via Bulgaria and Romania from Ukraine “is not sufficient” as a permanent resolution despite that Turkey, UN, Russia and Ukraine are expected to sign a document this week in Istanbul.
While EU hopes a solution on the “grain issue” is found, Borrell pushed for unblocking of the Odessa and other key maritime ports in the Black Sea to enable the passage for the Ukrainian grain bound for international markets.
“We are doing what we can to move grain through the solidarity lines through Bulgaria and Romania, but this is not enough, so I hope for an agreement this week to unblock Odessa and other Ukrainian ports,” Head of the EU foreign service, Josep Borrell said, according to Tass news agency
“The lives of thousands, no, tens of thousands of people depend on it. We are not talking about diplomatic gains, this is a matter of life and death,” he stressed.
