Peacebuilding and Mediation Effortspeace process
0.50Strengthened60% impact weight
A negotiated wartime corridor brokered by neutral mediators is a concrete confidence-building and humanitarian-diplomacy measure even amid active conflict.
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Black Sea Grain Initiative signed in Istanbul
On 22 July 2022 Russia and Ukraine signed parallel agreements with Turkey and the United Nations at Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul, creating the Black Sea Grain Initiative to allow commercial food and fertilizer exports from the Ukrainian ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk and Pivdennyi despite the war. The deal was mediated principally by the United Nations (Secretary-General Antonio Guterres) and Turkey (President Recep Tayyip Erdogan), with a Joint Coordination Centre established in Istanbul. The United States, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, publicly supported and promoted the arrangement.
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On 22 July 2022 Russia and Ukraine signed parallel agreements with Turkey and the United Nations at Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul, creating the Black Sea Grain Initiative to allow commercial food and fertilizer exports from the Ukrainian ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk and Pivdennyi despite the war. The deal was mediated principally by the United Nations (Secretary-General Antonio Guterres) and Turkey (President Recep Tayyip Erdogan), with a Joint Coordination Centre established in Istanbul. The United States, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, publicly supported and promoted the arrangement.
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