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Reuters
Jonathan Saul and Michelle Nichols
London/New York — Vessels exporting Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea will be protected by a 10-nautical-mile buffer zone, long-awaited The procedure agreed by Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations on Monday and confirmed by Reuters.
The United Nations and Turkey brokered a deal last month after the United Nations warned that grain shipments halted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine were causing severe food shortages and causing famine in parts of the world. did
Since then, numerous grain shipments - mostly on ships stranded in Ukraine since his February invasion of Moscow - have set off on test voyages.
Insurers and shipping companies are more specific about how the corridor will work for air ships bound for her three ports in Ukraine, involved in an initiative consisting of Odessa, Chornomorsk and Yuzhny. I've asked for details.
They also sought assurances that the journey would be safe, without the threat of mines or attacks on both the ship and its crew. covered by maritime practice.
"The parties will not engage in any attack on merchant vessels or other civilian vessels and port facilities involved in this initiative," states the Merchant Marine Procedures document.
The transaction is overseen by the Joint Coordinating Center (JCC) in Istanbul, composed of Turkish, Russian and Ukrainian military officials and United Nations officials.
In accordance with agreed procedures, the JCC will provide information on planned movements of ships through maritime humanitarian corridors, which will be shared with Russian, Ukrainian and Turkish forces to prevent accidents.
Then, as the vessel transits the maritime humanitarian corridor, the vessel is protected by her 10 nautical mile circle around her buffer zone.
According to the document, "no warship, aircraft or UAV [drone] will approach within 10 nautical miles of her of a merchant vessel passing through the maritime humanitarian corridor, except in Ukrainian territorial waters."
Russia and Ukraine are major global suppliers of wheat, and Moscow's invasion of neighboring countries on February 24 sent food prices skyrocketing, killing about 47 million people, according to the World Food Programme. He said he was driven into "severe hunger".
According to one insurance industry source, the procedure "reads as a reassuring set of rules. But will all sides stick to it?" (Reporting by Jonathan Saul and Michelle Nichols, Mark Edited by Porter and David Evans)
