4:30 a.m.: Guterres and Erdogan meet Zelensky on grain and nuclear
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is due to meet Ukrainian Presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Lviv, western Ukraine, on Thursday August 18 to discuss the situation in the country almost six months after its invasion by Russia.
The three men will discuss the recent agreement on the export of Ukrainian cereals but also "the need for a political solution to this conflict", said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
"I have no doubt (that) the issue of the nuclear power plant (of Zaporizhia) and others will also be discussed."
In his traditional evening statement, Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that Antonio Guterres had "already arrived in Ukraine. We will work together to achieve the necessary results for Ukraine."
The Secretary General is also to meet bilaterally with Volozymyr Zelensky.
He then planned to travel to Odessa, one of the three ports used under the grain export deal, on Friday before traveling to Turkey to visit the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) responsible for overseeing the deal. .
With AFP and Reuters
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