The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
The Secretary-General warmly welcomes the departure of the M/V Razoni, the first commercial ship leaving Ukraine’s port of Odesa since 26 February. The ship is bound for the port of Tripoli, Lebanon, carrying a cargo of 26,527 tons of corn, and is the first vessel to depart under the Black Sea Grain Initiative signed in Istanbul on 22 July. Ensuring that existing grain and foodstuffs can move to...