The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Tuesday that it will export grains through Croatian ports on the Adriatic Sea, and that the grain will be delivered to Croatia via the Danube, and then by rail to the Adriatic coast.
The ministry states that an agreement has been reached with Croatia on this matter.
On Monday, the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Gordan Grlić Radman was in Kyiv, and at that time the ministry announced that Croatia has made its ports available to Ukraine for the export of Ukrainian grain.
Ukraine has not disclosed what quantity of grain could be exported in this manner.
By using this transport route, Ukraine aims to bypass Russia’s blockade in the Black Sea, after Moscow canceled the grain export agreement negotiated by the United Nations and Turkey in mid-July.
Kyiv is trying to increase exports overland through the European Union, but several neighboring countries, such as Poland, are also obstructing this transport route.
Many farmers in the EU fear a drop in prices if Ukrainian grain reaches the market.
