Grains and Pulses

Press release… THE AGENDA OF THE SECTOR EXPORT OF BULGHUR, CHICKEN, RED LENTILS AND PASTA… Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Associations Sector Board came together in Mersin province under the chairmanship of Deputy Minister of Trade Özgür Volkan Ağar, hosted by the Mediterranean Exporters’ Associations (AKİB). Ahmet Tiryakioğlu At …

Destined for Lebanon, Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni to make stopover in Istanbul for joint inspection… ANKARA The first grain-laden ship that departed the Ukrainian port of Odesa for Lebanon under a deal to unblock Ukraine’s agricultural exports reached the Black Sea entrance of Istanbul Strait on Tuesday.  Sierra Leone-flagged …

ATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and leaders of countries thanked Turkiye as they welcomed the news of the first ship carrying grain departing from Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odessa on Monday. Jens Stoltenberg “I welcome the first shipment of Ukrainian grain from Odessa under the UN-brokered deal. I …

The Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) has been established as part of a landmark Türkiye-brokered deal to resume grain exports from Ukraine… Türkiye has formally opened a joint coordination centre for Ukrainian grain exports under an Ankara-brokered deal aimed at resuming shipments for the first time since the start of Russia’s …

Last Friday, Türkiye, the UN, Russia, and Ukraine signed a landmark deal to resume grain exports through three Ukrainian ports after months of blockage due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, now in its sixth month. Under the deal, the joint coordination centre was set up in Istanbul to carry out inspections …

The Joint Coordination Centre (JCC), established as part of a landmark deal to resume grain exports from Ukraine, has started work in Istanbul, Russia’s defense ministry said on Tuesday. The center will be officially opened in a ceremony on Wednesday, Turkiye’s Defense Ministry said separately on Tuesday. Ukraine, Russia, Turkiye …

Turkiye is “optimistic” that a deal could be reached soon on resuming Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea, its top diplomat said Thursday. Talks between Turkiye, Russia, Ukraine and the United Nations about a Black Sea corridor are “going well so far,” Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu told public broadcaster …

The first meeting in months between Russia and Ukraine took a critical step toward ensuring the export of desperately needed grain from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports to help ease the global food crisis. Turkey announced a deal with Ukraine, Russia and the United Nations on Wednesday aimed at resuming Ukrainian …

Parliamentary Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Affairs Commission Member, Ayhan Barut, Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy, stated that the grain corridor summit in Istanbul is important and said, “The whole world saw once again in the pandemic that there is no life without agriculture. Agriculture is a strategic sector. Therefore, our …

Russia and Ukraine have agreed on the establishment of secure corridors for exporting the Ukrainian grain from the Black Sea, the Turkish defense minister has said, adding that the sides will sign an agreement during the next week’s meeting again in Türkiye, announcing that a months-long impasse is broken at the Istanbul meeting on July 13. …