Turkey intends to send Russian grain processed into flour to Africa

Turkey will use various mechanisms to process Russian grain into flour and send it to African countries. This was announced by the head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic Ibrahim Yumakli on CNN Turk, Russian media report.

“Earlier, 33 million tons of agricultural products were sent to countries in need through this region, which helped save the world from the food crisis. Our president said that Russia will send its grain processed into flour to African countries. We will use various mechanisms to process grain into flour and send it to African countries,” Yumakly said.

During his visit to Germany on November 17, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced his country’s plans to process Russian grain into flour at the second stage of supplying it to Africa. According to him, the Turkish side has carried out relevant work with Russia and Qatar.

Earlier, Russia, in an alliance with Qatar and Turkey, offered to supply African countries with food instead of the food that Ukraine was supposed to supply as part of the grain corridor. Turkey acts as the organizer, and Qatar as the sponsor of the supplies.

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