Media: Türkiye to allow passage of ships with Ukrainian grain through straits

Türkiye is ready to guarantee unhindered passage through the Bosporus and Dardanelles for ships with grain coming from the ports of Ukraine, Report informs referring to Haber Global TV channel.

“As far as we know, not a single ship has departed from Ukraine. But if it arrives, it will be allowed through the straits,” the channel quoted a source in the Turkish Ministry of National Defense as saying.

Meanwhile, the news portal Elips Haber, citing its sources in the Turkish Defense Ministry, claims that “the first ship has already set off along the new corridor.”

On August 16, the container ship Joseph Schulte under the flag of Hong Kong left the port of Odesa, where it was before the outbreak of hostilities by the Russian Federation, and left the territorial waters of Ukraine. According to the Marine Traffic vessel tracking service, the vessel is heading to the Turkish port of Ambarli.