Ukraine to arrange mechanism to produce meals to Syria, Zelenskiy says

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated on Saturday he had instructed his authorities to arrange provide mechanisms to ship along with worldwide organisations and companions meals to Syria within the aftermath of the autumn of President Bashar al-Assad.

Ukraine has been one of many world’s prime grain and oilseeds exporters, and has been exporting wheat and corn to Center Jap nations, however to not Syria.

Syria imported meals from Russia in the course of the Assad period, however Russian wheat provides have been suspended amid the uncertainty and cost delays, Russian and Syrian sources stated on Friday.

“We’re prepared to help Syria in stopping a meals disaster, notably by way of the humanitarian program ‘Grain from Ukraine’,” Zelenskiy wrote on X.

“I’ve instructed the federal government to determine meals provide mechanisms in cooperation with worldwide organizations and companions who can assist.”

Ukraine’s exports have been buffeted by Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, which severely lowered shipments by way of the Black Sea. Ukraine has since damaged a de facto sea blockade and revived exports from its southern ports of Odesa.