First call between Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelensky since June. During a telephone conversation around 1:30 a.m., the two leaders addressed in particular the issue of cereal exports that are resuming in Ukraine with the departure, this Monday morning, of the first ship loaded with cereals from the port of Odessa. , reports BFMTV.
The European Union called for the “full implementation” of the agreement concluded in Istanbul, regarding the resumption of these exports. At this stage, Elysée regards this first departure from the ship as a “healthy” step forward in operations.
This is the first exchange between the two leaders since June 16, when Emmanuel Macron visited Kyiv for the first time since the start of the war in Ukraine. On this occasion, France reaffirmed its military support and announced the shipment of new Caesar guns to the country.
Hope… but also fears
Volodymyr Zelensky was speaking from the port of Odessa on Friday as the Turkish ship in question began to fill up with grain, for the first time since the beginning of the Russian invasion on February 24. “The most important thing for us is that the port works, and that people work,” he said on this occasion, surrounded by Ukrainian officials and ambassadors from the G7 country.
“We think it will start. […] But we don’t know how it’s going to happen, because we know who we’re dealing with.”
Source: BFM TV
