The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the decision to provide humanitarian aid to Ethiopia and Somalia, whose population is at risk of starvation. These countries will receive from our state up to 50 thousand tons of free wheat in the amount of 420 million hryvnias. This is stated in the relevant resolution published on the Government portal..

Grain is planned to be transferred from the ownership of the State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine joint-stock company. It should be no worse than the third class.

According to the document, funds to reimburse the cost of food will be allocated from the reserve fund of the state budget and sent to companies, taking into account the average market price of wheat and VAT.

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Transportation of food from the port of Odessa to Ethiopia and Somalia is going to be carried out at the expense of international organizations. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was instructed to coordinate the issues of delivery and payment with the United Nations, as well as the competent authorities of the two mentioned African countries.

The State Customs Service will have to promptly process the cargo when crossing the border, and the State Border Service will first of all carry out its control.

Earlier it was reported that the bulk carrier IKARIA ANGEL with 30,000 tons of wheat on board, chartered by the UN World Food Program, left the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk for Ethiopia..