A trilateral discussion table
between Ukraine, Italy, and Slovakia met today at the Embassy of
the Slovak Republic in Rome to tackle the humanitarian crisis
after the non-renewal of the wheat export agreement.
Among the participants - according to a statement issued by
the Consulate of the Slovak Republic in Trieste - were Minister
of Enterprise and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso, Slovak Minister of
Transport Pavol Lančarič, Ukrainian Ambassador to Italy Yaroslav
Melnik and Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to Italy Karla
Wusterová.
The statement underlines that the objective of the meeting
"is to define a strategy on how to get agri-food products from
Ukraine to the most suffering parts of the world through a
solidarity corridor that crosses Europe starting from the
crucial Slovak railway junction of Kosice, where Ukrainian-gauge
infrastructure connects to the European one, allowing the
passage of goods. Strategic in this framework is Trieste's role
as a port of departure for food goods coming by train from
Ukraine and destined for the countries most in need."
"Today, the political will of the parties to bring this
corridor to life quickly emerged clearly," said Luca Farina,
honorary consul of the Slovak Republic in Trieste for Friuli
Venezia Giulia, "and how Trieste can be the perfect terminal for
sea transport. Everyone agreed that the port of Trieste has the
technical-logistical features and expertise to handle this
corridor's crucial final phase. More meetings will follow
shortly, which we will host in Trieste, to define the project's
technical details, as the corridor must be operational as soon
as possible."
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