President of Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy: The Black Sea will be safe for navigation, as envisaged by the Ukrainian Peace Formula

5 February 2024 - 22:12

Volodymyr Zelenskyy: The Black Sea will be safe for navigation, as envisaged by the Ukrainian Peace Formula

One of the tangible results of the implementation of the Ukrainian Peace Formula will be free and safe navigation in the Black Sea, and its waters will be liberated from Russian armed aggression. This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Cherkasy region during a regional meeting of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities under the President of Ukraine.

"We have, for example, the Peace Formula. We will ensure the first summit at the level of leaders. And we want to come up with a result, in particular, a free and secure Black Sea. Exactly as envisaged by the Peace Formula. Everyone will be able to enter the Black Sea: vessels of any size. There will be free navigation," the Head of State said.

The President reminded that last year Ukraine had pushed Russian ships out of the Black Sea shipping lanes and demonstrated that export corridors work without Russian influence and there is no need to look for other ways and ports to export food.

As a reminder, paragraph 2 of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Peace Formula "Food Security" states that the matter of food security shall be de-weaponized. In particular, it is necessary to ensure free, full and safe navigation in the Black and Azov Seas, restore sovereign control of Ukraine over Ukrainian ports, establish new ports and expand the assortment of Ukrainian goods transported by sea.