President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has proposed creating grain hubs in African ports, the website of the head of state has reported.

"Ukraine proposes a very clear action. To prevent any turmoil on the global food market, we can establish hubs for millions tons of grain per year in especially sensitive areas, for example in ports of Africa," the press service quoted Zelenskyy as saying at the SDG Summit.

According to him, negotiations on such opportunities have already begun. This will help prevent any shocks in the global food market.

He said that Ukraine will never give up its role as a guarantor of global food security: "Nobody expected from us that we could press the Russian fleet out of our Black Sea waters, providing more room for the Black Sea Grain Initiative as well as humanitarian initiative – Grain from Ukraine. And the results are truly remarkable."

"Ukraine food exports have reached the shores of Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Kenya, Libya, Lebanon, Morocco, Somalia, Tunisia, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Iraq, Oman, Pakistan, Türkiye, Yemen, and others. The roads from intermediary ports have carried our products to Ethiopia and Sudan," the president emphasized.

According to him, this was a total of 32 million tonnes of food. This is 32 million tonnes less chaos.

"I thank all those leaders who supported our export programs. Thank you very much, guys! We have made it. And nothing prevents us from reaching far more ambitious goals," Zelenskyy added.