Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is due to host the UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Thursday for talks on the recent deal to resume Ukraine’s grain exports, the volatile situation at a Russian-occupied nuclear power plant and efforts to help end the war with Russia.
António Guterres arrived Wednesday in Lviv, near Ukraine’s border with Poland, where he will meet Zelenskyy and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is making his first trip to Ukraine since the war started, reports AP.
UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said that among other issues, Guterres will discuss “his overall efforts to do what he can to essentially lower the temperature as much as possible with the various authorities.”
In July, Turkey and the UN helped broker an agreement clearing the way for Ukraine to export 22m tons of corn and other grain stuck in its Black Sea ports since Russia invaded February 24.
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