Head of Odesa Regional State Administration Oleh Kiper met with WFP Country Director in Ukraine Richard Reagan, UNN reports .
Cooperation in the agricultural sector, increasing yields, the functioning of the Ukrainian grain corridor and grain exports from Ukraine - these and other issues were discussed during a meeting with WFP Resident Representative in Ukraine Richard Reagan. Richard Reagan spoke about WFP's future plans for the region and emphasized the importance of cooperation in sending humanitarian aid from Odesa ports to the countries most affected by hunger
The head of the regional state administration added that more than 200 thousand tons of agricultural products worth $275 million have already been shipped from Odesa region's ports as part of the President's initiative "Grain from Ukraine".
To date, many donors have joined the initiative, including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and Luxembourg. We thank WFP for its special attention to our region! We look forward to further cooperation
Odesa region has become the epicenter of international meetings. Last year, more than 100 delegations visited the region.
For example, in December, Spyridon Lambridis, Special Envoy of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Ukraine, and Dimitrios Dokhtis, Consul General of the Hellenic Republic in Odesa, visited Odesa region. They both condemned the Russian attacks and expressed the readiness of the Greek side to contribute to the postwar reconstruction of Odesa region.
In the same month, Kiper met with Swedish officials to discuss Russia's ongoing attacks and to seek further support for regional security. As a result of the meeting, Odesa expects Swedish assistance in strengthening regional security. In November, UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron visited Odesa .
During the visit, Cameron familiarized himself with the consequences of Russian terrorism targeting Ukrainian grain, port civilian infrastructure and architectural monuments in Odesa.