Two more ships carrying grain leave from Ukraine, Turkey says
- Ships carrying tons of corn and sunflower meal depart from Ukrainian ports
Two more grain-carrying ships have left Ukraine's Chornomorsk port as part of an agreement to unblock the Ukrainian port, said Turkish defense ministry
One of the ships, destined for South Korea, is carrying 64,720 tons of corn, and the other, headed for Istanbul, is carrying 5,300 tons of sunflower meal, the ministry said in a tweet on Tuesday.
In the next hours, an inspection of the four ships anchored off Ahrkap at night will also be done, the ministry added.
Earlier, the first ship to reach its destination carrying 12,000 tonnes of grain to Turkey's Derince port in the Gulf of Izmit on Monday.
For the last two months, the UN and Turkey was negotiating an arrangement to restore Ukraine's Black Sea grain exports while also facilitating Russian grain and fertilizer supplies.
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