Baltics, Poland could be alternative route for Ukrainian grain - Lithuanian president

• Published date: 24 May 2022
• Publication title: LETA

VILNIUS, May 24 (LETA--BNS) - The Baltic countries and Poland could offer an alternative route for Ukrainian grain exports amid Russia's blockade of the Baltic Sea port of Odessa, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said on Monday as he arrived in Davos for the World Economic Forum.

"I think we have to find alternative transit routes and the Baltic states and Poland could be an alternative route when Ukrainian grain travels and finds its own supply chains," he said in a comment forwarded by his office.

ccording to the president, the problem "is twofold", as, on one hand, Ukraine cannot export its surplus grain and, on the other hand, its grain fails to reach North Africa, which could become part of a global food crisis.

Odessa is Ukraine's largest port and a major gateway for grain shipments, and the blockade of the port by the Russian ships...