The political heads of state of Ukraine and Ethiopia have held talks on the telephone for the first time ever.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky via a tweet, stated that he informed the interlocutor that Ukraine has supplied almost 300,000 tonnes of food to Ethiopia under the black sea grain initiative and another 90,000 tonnes of grain under a separate grain from Ukraine initiative.
He also emphasised that Ukraine is still ready to remain a guarantor of global food security.
On his part, Abiy said he had a series of talks over bilateral and international matters of mutual interest as well as the means and ways of bringing peace between Ukraine and Russia.
The conversation between Volodymyr Zelensky and Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed took place in the wake of Russia’s withdrawal from a deal that allowed for the safe exporting of Ukrainian grain.
