I WANT TO GET MORE NOW TOP STORY NOW.
UNBLOCKING UKRAINIAN GRAIN. CAN A DEAL THAT COULD HELP FOOD
SUPPLY CHAINS WHICH ARE ALREADY BATTERED BY A PANDEMIC.
IN THE LAST HOUR, MOSCOW AND KYIV SIGNING A GREEN EXPORT
AGREEMENT, MEDIATED BY TURKEY AND THE UNITED NATIONS.
IT WAS QUIET. BUT IT WAS A MOMENTOUS ACT,
DESIGNED TO MOVE MILLIONS OF TONS OF UKRAINIAN GRAIN TRAPPED
IN THE COUNTRY'S BLACK SEA PORTS, BY RUSSIA'S INVASION.
THIS CORRIDOR SHOULD BE HUGELY SIGNIFICANT IN ADDRESSING THE
GLOBAL FOOD SHORTAGE THAT WE ARE SEEING TODAY.
I'M DELIGHTED TO SAY THAT THE UN SECRETARY, GENERAL ONE OF
THE ARCHITECTS OF THIS DEAL, AND TONYA TEARS, JOINS ME LIVE
FROM ISTANBUL. SIR, IT IS GOOD TO HAVE YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING THIS ACROSS THE LINE.
HOW LONG BEFORE THE SHIPMENTS BEGIN, SIR?
>> I HOPE VERY SOON. IN MY DISCUSSION WITH OUR
UKRAINIAN FRIENDS, HARBORS WILL BE READY, TWO OF THEM, IN A FEW
DAYS AND I HOPE THE SHIPS CAN GO IN, WE WILL BE ABLE, MAXIMUM
TWO WEEKS, TO START EXPORTING. BUT THESE THINGS ARE ALWAYS
RELATIVELY COMPLEX, LET'S NOT FORGET THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A
DE MINING. SO THERE WILL BE SAFE CORRIDORS
MANAGED BY THE UKRAINIAN AUTHORITIES COMBATTING THE
SHIPS TO THE HARBORS, AND WHEN THEY ENTER OR WHEN THEY LEAVE
THEY WILL THEN ENTER INTO A CORRIDOR WHOSE SAFETY AND
SECURITY IS GUARANTEED BY ALL DEPARTMENTS.
>> THESE SHIPS CARRYING THE GRAIN WILL HAVE TO NAVIGATE
MINEFIELDS, WHICH COULD PROVE TO BE DIFFICULT OR HIGHLY
DANGEROUS. CAN WE GET A BIT MORE DETAIL ON
HOW YOU PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THE STEEL?
>> WELL, THE BANGS WERE PUT BY THE UKRAINIANS, SO THEY KNOW
WHERE THE MINDS ARE. AND THE IDEA THAT IT IS
POSSIBLE TO HAVE SAFE PASSAGES THAT ALLOW SHIPS TO GO WITHOUT
ANY RISK. BUT THE AGREEMENT ALSO
ESTABLISHES THAT IN CASE THE ALLOWANCES THAT WILL NOW BE
MADE WILL DETECT SOME IMPROVEMENTS WHICH NEED TO BE
MADE. THERE IS AN AGREEMENT FOR
ANOTHER COUNTRY TO BE INVOLVED IN THE QUID THE MINING
OPERATION, WHEREVER NECESSARY. BUT WE HOPE IT WILL NOT BE
NECESSARY IN THOSE SAFE PASSAGES IN THE UKRAINIAN
WATERS LEWIS NOT FORGET THAT IN THESE UKRAINIAN WATERS THE
SHIRTS WILL BE CONDUCTED BY UKRAINIAN PILOTS AND SUPPORTED
BY UKRAINIAN POSTCARDS. >> ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT THIS
DEAL WILL STICK, PARTICULARLY FROM THE RUSSIAN SIDE?
DO YOU TRUST THEM? >> WELL, NOBODY BELIEVED WHEN I
SAID THREE MONTHS AGO THAT I HAD MADE THIS PROPOSAL TO
PRESIDENT PUTIN INTO PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY, AND THAT WE WERE
STARTING TO WORK ON IT. EVERYBODY WILL SAY THIS WAS NOT
POSSIBLE IT HAS HAPPENED. SO I BELIEVE IT IS IN THE
MUTUAL INTEREST OF THE PARTIES BECAUSE THESE WILL REPRESENT
NOT ONLY AN IMPORTANCE SOLUTION FOR UKRAINE THAT HAS ALL OF THE
SILOS OF FOOD, AND THE NEW HARVEST BEING MADE.
SO IT IS VITAL TO EXPORT UKRAINIAN GRAINS.
BUT WE ARE WORKING ALSO, AS IT IS KNOWN, WITH THE U.S. IN THE
EU. THEY'VE ALSO ALREADY ISSUED A
STATEMENT IN RELATION TO THIS, THERE IS NO SANCTIONS ON
PUTIN'S ABSURD LIES ARE FOR THE LIES, OR RUSSIAN FERTILIZER.
SO IT WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO ACCESS WORLD MARKETS.
AND THESE TWO COMBINED OPERATIONS WILL BE A HUGE
INJECTION THAT I BELIEVE WILL BRING PRICES DOWN AND STABILIZE
THE MARKETS, AND WILL ALLOW DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN AN
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT SITUATION IN VULNERABLE SITUATIONS WHERE
FAMILY IS GROWING, IT WILL ALLOW THIS TO STOP.
THAT WAS OUR OBJECTIVE, OUR MOTIVATION.
WHAT IS GUIDED US DURING THESE THREE MONTHS, THERE WERE MANY
DIFFICULT OBSTACLES, BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT TODAY I FEEL LIKE
THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY OF MY TENURE
SECRETARY GENERAL. >> IS THERE A MECHANISM IN
PLACE TO HOLD PARTIES ACCOUNTABLE SHOULD THEY RENEGED
ON THIS DEAL, SO? >> THERE IS A JOINT
COORDINATION, JOINT COORDINATION COMMITTEE'S
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UN TURKEY RUSSIA AND UKRAINE.
ALL MOVEMENTS WILL BE A BY THIS COMMITTEE ALL SHIPS THAT WILL
BE IN THIS MOVEMENT WILL BE REGISTERED AND WILL BE FOLLOWED
THROUGH REMOTE RECONNAISSANCE MECHANISMS IN ORDER TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ALL KNOW ANTHONY MOVEMENT OR ANY VOTE OR
SHEEP'S. AND THERE IS A CLEAR COMMITMENT
OF DEPARTMENTS THAT NOT ONLY KNOW ATTACKS WILL BE MADE ANY
OF THESE SHIPS, BUT THAT THE CONTROL WILL BE REMOTE NOT TO
HAVE MORE SHIPS IN THE PROXIMITY.
I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE NOW A CLEAR MECHANISM TO, IF
THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG, IF THERE IS AN INFECTION, TO MAKE
THE COMPANY VERY EASY TO ESTABLISH.
>> LAST MONTH YOU MARKED A GRIM MILESTONE OF 100 DAYS OF WAR TO
RENEW A CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE END TO THIS VIOLENCE.
MORE THAN A MONTH ON, WITH NO END IN SIGHT, DO YOU ACCEPT THE
CRITICISM OF THE UN'S FAILURE TO HALT MOSCOW'S AGGRESSION?
>> WELL, I DO NOT THINK IT IS A FAILURE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
UN, IF THERE IS A FAILURE IT IS IN THE SECURITY COSTS WHICH OF
COURSE THE RUSSIAN -- DOES NOT ALLOW FOR ANY DECISION
TO STOP THE WAR AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE UN CHARTER OF THE
NATIONAL LAW IS RESPECTED. BUT I THINK YOU AND HAS BEEN
DOING AN EXTRAORDINARY WORK FROM THE HUMANITARIAN POINT OF
VIEW, WE ALREADY HAVE TWO INTERACTIONS AND WHICH ARE
MEDIATIONS, THE SECOND ONE TOGETHER WITH TURKEY, THE FIRST
WAS THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE CIVILIANS FROM HOSTILE,
WHICH FOR MONTHS WAS CONSIDERING ITSELF POSSIBLE
UNTIL WE GOT INVOLVED. AND NOW DISAGREEMENTS.
SO I BELIEVE THE UN IS DOING A LOT.
BUT ONE THING IS CLEAR, WE ARE FAR FROM A DISAGREEMENT.
I HAVE SOME MIXED FEELINGS. ON THE ONE HAND I MUST SAY THAT
I AM HAPPY BECAUSE I THOUGHT ONCE WE WANTED.
ON THE OTHER HAND IT IS JUST WHEN YOU SEE THAT THE WAR IS
RAGING, THAT UKRAINIAN PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING, AND OBVIOUSLY I
CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THE BACK SEAT WILL ALLOW US TO INSPIRE
PEOPLE TO MOVE INTO A ROAD TO PEACE, A ROAD TO PEACE WHICH IS
ALWAYS IN RESPECT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW.
>> AND YOU HAVE DESCRIBED TWO DAYS AGREEMENT AS A BEACON OF
LIGHT, A BEACON OF HOPE IN THE BLACK SEA.
THE SYMBOLISM OF SEEING THE RUSSIANS AND UKRAINIANS AT THE
SAME TABLE, CERTAINLY, IS ONE THAT OUGHT TO PROVIDE SOME
OPTIMISM IN WHAT IS SUCH A GRIM SITUATION.
RUSSIA'S PERMANENT MEMBERSHIP OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL DOES,
EFFECTIVELY, WE'RE INTO THAT BODY IN EFFECT EVENT PRESIDENT.
THAT MUST BE A CONCERN TO YOU, ISN'T IT?
>> WELL, MY MESSAGE IS VERY CLEAR.
THAT IS ALL BEING INSPIRED BY WHAT WAS A SHIFT.
LET US BE CONSCIOUS THAT WE ARE VERY FAR FROM A SITUATION IN
WHICH A GROUP OF PROCESS IS POSSIBLE.
BUT LET'S DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO CREATE THE CONDITIONS
FOR IT TO HAPPEN. BUT I REPEAT, WITH RESPECT TO
THE UN CHARTER AN INTERNATIONAL LAW.
>> YOUR WORK IS TIRELESS'S, SIR.
YOU DESERVE CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE WORK THAT WAS DONE BEHIND
THE SCENES TO HELP BROKER THE DEAL TODAY.
YOU EXPLAINED, AS TO THE TURKISH PRESIDENT, THAT THIS IS
MONTHS IN THE MAKING. IT IS REALLY GOOD NEWS THAT WE
SEE THIS DEAL ANNOUNCED TODAY, CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT, BUT AS
YOU RIGHTLY POINT OUT WE NEED TO SEE THE END TO THIS WAR.
>> IF I MAY THERE IS ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY.
IN THIS WORLD IN WHICH EVERYBODY NOW BASICALLY TALKING
TO THE MEDIA, BEFORE TRYING TO DO ANYTHING, I THINK THIS HAS
DEMONSTRATED THAT THERE IS STILL A ROAD FOR DISCREET
DIPLOMACY IN THE WORLD. THERE IS STILL A ROAD FOR
PEOPLE SEEKING THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS AND NOT SEEKING
THE -- IN THE MEDIA THAT LASTS FOR A
FEW HOURS BUT HAS NO IMPACT ON THE REMNANTS OF THE SEA.
>> YOU MAKE A GOOD, POINT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING.