(FOX NEWS) – Negotiations over the global food crisis made progress Wednesday as a preliminary agreement was reached between Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations on opening three trade ports in the Black Sea.
"In a world darkened by global crisis, today at last we have a ray of hope," U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres told reporters in New York. "Today is an important and substantive step, a step on the way to a comprehensive agreement."
The announcement comes after weeks of negotiation, facilitated by Turkey and in coordination with the UN in an urgent effort to get shipping lanes reopened in the Black Sea as the threat of a global food crisis mounts.
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