UK offers expertise in escort of Ukraine grain to avert starvation in Africa
by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor from World news | The Guardian on (#60NWQ)
Liz Truss and Turkish foreign minister meet to discuss safe passage for convoy under UN plan
The UK is offering its expertise to help escort Ukraine's grain from its ports under a UN plan designed to prevent a mass famine across Africa, the UK foreign secretary, Liz Truss, has said in Ankara after meeting Turkey's foreign minister, Mevlut Cavuolu.
Turkey has been trying to negotiate the terms of an escort for more than 20m tonnes of urgently needed Ukrainian grain, but Cavuolu said he had not been able to secure a date for a meeting between Ukraine and Russia - a sign that an agreement on safe passage for the convoy had not been reached.
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