About past, present and future of Ukraine

Search mobile

Main Diplomacy Greece has expressed readiness to provide its ports for the export of Ukrainian grain

Diplomacy

Greece has expressed readiness to provide its ports for the export of Ukrainian grain

461
Greece has expressed readiness to provide its ports for the export of Ukrainian grain

Share this article

Greece offers its northern ports of Thessaloniki and Alexandroupoli as an alternative route for exporting Ukrainian wheat and other grains.

This was announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Georgios Gerapetritis, as reported by Ekathimerini.

The official emphasized that Greece is prepared to contribute to resolving the grain export issue and highlighted the "enormous consequences" of the breakdown of the agreement with Russia, especially for Global South countries. The country has already discussed this matter with its EU partners.

The proposed transportation route involves moving the products by rail through Romania and Bulgaria to Thessaloniki and Alexandroupoli.

It is worth noting that while both Greek ports can accommodate the necessary vessels for grain transport, the capacity of the railway network in northern Greece is limited. Nevertheless, this situation could serve as an incentive for expediting railway modernization, such as the line from Alexandroupoli to Ormenio, the last station before Bulgaria, which is very close to the Turkish border.

The Odessa Journal
more articles

Top article

The Ministry of Defense has signed a contract for the construction of a service center for repairing drones in Ukraine
War

The Ministry of Defense has signed a contract ...

Dmytro Kuleba: Ukraine and Croatia have agreed to use Croatian ports for exporting Ukrainian grain
Business

Dmytro Kuleba: Ukraine and Croatia have agree ...

New sanctions: Defence industry, political parties and individuals linked to oligarchs
Business

New sanctions: Defence industry, political pa ...

Volodymyr Zelensky: We are preparing for the next Ramstein meeting, we expect solidly grounded decisions to meet the prospects on the battlefield
War

Volodymyr Zelensky: We are preparing for the ...