Lithuania to allocate €2M for Grain from Ukraine initiative

Lithuania will allocate 2 million euros for the Grain from Ukraine initiative by the end of 2023 and is ready to increase the transit capacity of Baltic ports for Ukrainian exports, Prime Minister of Lithuania Ingrida Šimonytė stated at a joint press conference with the Presidents of Ukraine and Switzerland in Kyiv, Report informs via Ukrinform.

"I am pleased to see how much has been achieved over the year since the launch of the Grain from Ukraine program. This demonstrates that Ukraine continues and will continue to feed the whole world. Lithuania joined this initiative last year, and today we are allocating an additional 2 million euros, which will be transferred to Ukraine by the end of this year," Šimonytė said.

She also noted that Russia is trying to use the situation in the Black Sea to prevent the export of Ukrainian grain and to get sanctions lifted.

"But this will not work. We are developing alternative routes for exporting grain, including the Solidarity Lanes and new grain corridors. We will be ready to increase the transit capacity of our ports for Ukrainian exports, and this will create another opportunity - a corridor through the Baltic Sea for the export of Ukrainian products, despite Russia's attempts," the Lithuanian Prime Minister said.

As of November 24, 153 civilian vessels carrying 5.6 million tonnes of grain and other cargo had already passed through the Black Sea humanitarian corridor.