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Guterres, Zelensky call for extension of Black Sea Grain Initiative Visiting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have called for the extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which expires on March 18. This is the UN chief's third visit to Kiev since Russia launched its ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. On July 22, 2022, Russia and Ukraine separately signed a document in Istanbul with Turkey and the UN to allow Ukraine and Russia to export grain and fertilizer to ensure suppl...
Guterres, Zelensky call for extension of Black Sea Grain Initiative
Guterres, Zelensky call for extension of Black Sea Grain Initiative
Source: IANS
9/03/2023 5:00:58 PM
Ukrainian Prez holds talks with French, Turkish leaders Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that he had separate conversations with French President Emmanuel Macron and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Zelensky tweeted on Sunday that he discussed with Macron "the implementation of our ten-step peace formula, cooperation on defense and energy stability" of Ukraine, Xinhua news agency reported. In the conversation with Erdogan over the phone, Zelensky thanked Turkey for "sheltering Ukrainian children and provi...
Ukrainian Prez holds talks with French, Turkish leaders
Ukrainian Prez holds talks with French, Turkish leaders
Source: IANS
12/12/2022 12:14:42 PM
Ukraine needs over $3bn to go through winter: Minister Ukraine needs 4 billion euros (about $3.97 billion) to go through the winter cold season, said Minister for the Development of Communities and Territories Oleksiy Chernyshov. "We need 4 billion euros to get through this winter -- to renovate houses, to support health care and energy supplies," Chernyshov said at the International Expert Conference on the Recovery, Reconstruction and Modernisation of Ukraine in Berlin, Germany, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the Interfax-Ukra...
Ukraine needs over $3bn to go through winter: Minister
Ukraine needs over $3bn to go through winter: Minister
Source: IANS
26/10/2022 10:24:14 AM
Ukraine, Russia make some progress at talks on grain exports: Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine and Russia have made some progress at the talks on grain exports in Istanbul that also involved representatives of Turkey and the United Nations, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. "The Ukrainian delegation informed me that there is some progress. We will agree on the details with the UN secretary-general in the coming days," Zelensky was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency. According to the presidential press service, the President on Wednesday said t...
Ukraine, Russia make some progress at talks on grain exports: Volodymyr Zelensky
Ukraine, Russia make some progress at talks on grain exports: Volodymyr Zelensky
Source: IANS
14/07/2022 8:59:55 AM
European railways to help Ukraine with grain export Due to the ongoing Russian blockade, about 30 chiefs of European railways plan to sign the "Ukrainian Declaration" in Vienna on Saturday help Kiev export grain. Among other things, the document stipulates that new terminals and trans-shipment points would have to be built to better export the grain by rail, Ukrayinska Pravda reported. According to Deutsche Bahn CEO Richard Lutz, even if the war ends quickly, it will probably take longer before the sea route is fully usable aga...
European railways to help Ukraine with grain export
European railways to help Ukraine with grain export
Source: IANS
9/07/2022 10:55:21 AM
Ukraine negotiating with Turkey, United Nations over grain export through ports: Volodymyr Zelensky Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that his country is presently negotiating with Turkey and the UN regarding the export of grain through ports. During a briefing in Kiev on Monday alongside visiting Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Anderson, Zelensky said that implementing this project "will be difficult in some places, but definitely possible", because both Ukraine, as a grain exporting country, and farmers, who need exports to prepare for next year's sowing, a...
Ukraine negotiating with Turkey, United Nations over grain export through ports: Volodymyr Zelensky
Ukraine negotiating with Turkey, United Nations over grain export through ports: Volodymyr Zelensky
Source: IANS
5/07/2022 10:17:33 AM
Volodymyr Zelensky, Finnish PM discuss Ukraine's European integration, post-war recovery Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and visiting Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin discussed Kiev's European integration and post-war recovery. At the talks in Kiev on Thursday, Zelensky thanked the Finnish government for providing financial, defense and humanitarian aid for Ukraine and imposing sanctions on Russia, reports Xinhua news agency. He also stressed the importance of visits of foreign high-ranking officials to the Ukrainian capital. "These are very important d...
Volodymyr Zelensky, Finnish PM discuss Ukraine's European integration, post-war recovery
Volodymyr Zelensky, Finnish PM discuss Ukraine's European integration, post-war recovery
Source: IANS
27/05/2022 4:34:03 PM
French election, Russia sanctions keep pressure on euro LONDON  - The euro steadied on Wednesday after falling to its lowest level in a month against a strengthening dollar as the prospect of new Western sanctions on Russia and the upcoming French presidential election added to pressure on the European currency. The euro had edged up 0.06% to $1.09130 versus the dollar by 1145 GMT, after briefly touching a nearly one-month low of $1.08735. The United States and its allies prepared new sanctions on Moscow over civilian killings which Pre...
French election, Russia sanctions keep pressure on euro
French election, Russia sanctions keep pressure on euro
Source: Reuters
6/04/2022 6:53:03 PM
Vladimir Putin ready to send negotiation team for talks as Russian troops encircle Kiev Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to send a delegation to Minsk for talks with Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Friday as its military encircled Kiev on the second day of Russias invasion of Ukraine, Moscow Times reported. The negotiations could put an end to Ukraine's NATO ambitions after its President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was willing to discuss Ukraine's "neutrality" -- a demand of Putin's -- in his latest attempt to appeal to the Russian leader to negotia...
Vladimir Putin ready to send negotiation team for talks as Russian troops encircle Kiev
Vladimir Putin ready to send negotiation team for talks as Russian troops encircle Kiev
Source: IANS
26/02/2022 9:38:45 AM