Zelenskyy vows to deliver Ukrainian grain to Ethiopian people 

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  • 01 September, 2022
  • 05:07
Zelenskyy vows to deliver Ukrainian grain to Ethiopian people 

Ukrainian grain has arrived in the port of Djibouti and will be delivered to Ethiopia, which is on the verge of starvation, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video message, Report informs, citing foreign media sources.

"Today, I want to thank all our farmers, port workers, diplomats, and officials, who have returned to Ukraine the status of a real guarantor of food security of African countries. 23,000 tons of Ukrainian wheat under the UN Food Program have already arrived in the port of Djibouti and will be delivered to the inhabitants of Ethiopia, where now is the worst drought in the past 40 years and millions of people are on the brink of starvation," he said.

According to Zelenskyy, Ukraine is also resuming appropriate ties with the countries of the Arabian Peninsula - almost 40,000 tons of wheat are headed to Yemen.

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