Guterres visits Ukraine grain inspectors in Turkey

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was in Istanbul, Saturday, to monitor the inspection of a Ukrainian grain shipment.

Aboard the World Food Programme ship Brave Commander, Guterres said “this ship is going to load in Chornomorsk more than 50,000 tonnes of grain in Ukraine, the largest cargo ever coming out of the Ukraine”.

Guterres also visited the Joint Coordination Center, established to administer the export of agricultural products across the Black Sea following the grain deal brokered by Turkey and the United Nations with Russia and Ukraine.

25 ships had departed from Odesa and other Ukrainian ports since the deal in July. He praised the "remarkable and inspiring operation" that has seen some 650,000 metric tons of grain and other food shipped from Ukraine.