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Russia ready to set up corridor for ships carrying food to leave Ukraine — Ifax
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MOSCOW, 26 May 2022, (TON): Russia is ready to provide a humanitarian corridor for vessels carrying food to leave Ukraine, in return for the lifting of some sanctions.
Ukraine’s Black Sea ports have been blocked since Russia sent thousands of troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24 and more than 20 million tons of grain are stuck in silos in the country.
Russia and Ukraine account for nearly a third of global wheat supplies and the lack of significant grain exports from Ukraine ports is contributing to a growing global food crisis.
Ukraine is also a major exporter of corn and sunflower oil.
Western powers have been discussing the idea of setting up safe corridors for grain exports from Ukraine’s ports, adding that any such corridor would need Russian consent.
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