Zelensky said that Ukraine was not invited to the talks between Russia and Turkey on the transportation of grain

This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during a conversation with journalists, Interfax-Ukraine reports.

I wasn't invited. The foreign minister has not been invited to date,” the president said, answering a question.

However, Zelensky stressed that he had previously discussed with Turkish President Erdogan the mediation of the Turkish side to unblock Ukrainian ports.

It is important for us that we are ready to produce grain... It is important for us that there is a safe corridor from ships - that this or that fleet of this or that state will provide us with the export of this grain. That's all. And here we spoke with both Britain and Turkey, Turkey is now finding a format on how to provide guarantees to us ... I think that is why they are meeting with the Russians so that Russia will give Turkey guarantees that nothing will happen to their ships. I think so. But, nevertheless, the details of their meeting are still unknown to me," Zelensky said.

According to him, the export of grain was discussed with the Baltic countries and Poland, but this direction is not a priority because of the long delivery time. At the same time, Ukraine can export 10 million tons of grain monthly through Odessa ports.

If now we have 22-25 million tons blocked there, but in the fall we may already have 75. What are we going to do? Therefore without ports we will not be able, - he emphasized.

At the same time, when asked under what conditions Ukraine can go for demining the coast of Odessa ports and who should be the guarantor for the Ukrainian side to leave, he replied:

I consider the most solid guarantee is our appropriate weapons, which will be deployed in the region, the unblocking of this or that corridor to the grain export port. We are working on this with specific states, with specific anti-ship systems. We are working and we are already getting a little, I can already state. I believe that this is the best guarantee.

Earlier, Bloomberg wrote that Turkey and Russia reached a preliminary agreement on ensuring the export of Ukrainian grain by a sea corridor from the port of Odessa, Ukraine is skeptical about the statements.