The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, assessed the export of food products from Ukraine, noting that Ukraine was, is and will be one of the guarantors of global food security, and also set itself the task of reaching 3 million tons of products exported by sea. every month, reports News.ro.

“Today, we can draw the first conclusions about the rescue of many countries and peoples from the food crisis, which Russia wanted so badly to escalate into a real famine.

The grain export initiative has been in effect for almost a month, and during this time, on February 24, the first million tons of food products were exported from our three ports of Chornomorsk, Odesa, and Yuzhne.

This is a win. In fact, this means that Ukrainian grain and the very fact that the Ukrainian supply route to the world food market works allows to prevent market chaos, reduce the severity of the food crisis and prevent catastrophic shortages. Ukraine was, is and will be one of the guarantors of global food security,” Zelenskyy said.

He noted that 44 ships with Ukrainian food products have already been sent to 15 countries around the world, and there are still 70 applications for ships to arrive at ports for loading.

“The goal is to reach the volume of exports by sea transport of 3 million tons every month. And this is extremely important for Africa, Asia and Europe,” the Ukrainian president emphasized, adding that this activity also provides jobs for Ukrainian citizens, provides income for Ukrainian companies and the state budget.

“I still remember the joy of the Odesa port workers when they not only learned, but actually saw that the port had resumed operations. This is a really important result for Ukraine, for the Black Sea region and for the whole world.

And I am grateful to everyone who joined this initiative. I emphasize that it is the full responsibility of the partners to prevent any Russian provocations and disruption of exports,” he concluded.