Ukraine working hard to expand grain exports: Zelenskyy

Ukraine is working to continue and expand grain exports under the Black Sea grain corridor deal_ President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

Zelenskyy said in a video message on Telegram Tuesday that the country will continue to help countries experiencing food crises around the world.

 Together with the advanced and most conscientious states_ we will increase aid to those countries and peoples who are particularly suffering from the food crisis_ Zelenskyy said.

 We are starting cooperation which can become the basis for guaranteeing food security at a new level. It has long been said that global coordination is needed to save the world s poorest countries from starvation. And we are currently developing such a coordination mechanism. I hope it will be implemented_ he added.

The United Nations_ Türkiye_ Russia and Ukraine signed a landmark deal on July 22 to reopen three Ukrainian ports -- Odesa_ Chornomorsk and Yuzhny -- for grain that had been stuck for months because of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war to address a global food crisis.

A Joint Coordination Center with officials from the three countries and the UN has been set up in Istanbul to oversee the shipments.

Since the first vessel left Ukraine s port of Odessa on Aug. 1_ more than 400 ships carrying 10 million metric tons of agricultural products have departed from Ukraine s ports.