Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov will visit Türkiye on Tuesday to discuss the status of a deal that allows the safe wartime export of grain from several Ukrainian Black Sea ports, the Turkish defence ministry said on Monday, APA's Istanbul correspondent reports citing Ministry of National Defense of Türkiye.
Kubrakov will meet Turkish Minister of National Defence Hulusi Akar in the central Turkish city of Kayseri, a ministry statement said.
The U.N.-brokered Black Sea grain export deal was renewed for 60 days last month, but Russia has been signalling it may not agree to extend it further unless the West removes obstacles to the export of Russian grain and fertiliser. Ukraine said on Monday the grain accord was in danger of "shutdown" after Russia blocked inspections of participating ships in Turkish waters.
Ukrainian Black Sea ports were blockaded after Russia's invasion last year, but access to three of them was cleared last July under a deal engineered by the United Nations and Türkiye. Kubrakov will visit at the invitation of Akar, the ministry statement said, adding that ministers will discuss several bilateral issues including the Black Sea grain initiative.
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