The Black Sea is of great strategic importance for NATO. Such a statement made today NATO Secretary General.

“We have three NATO Allies Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria and two close partners, Ukraine and Georgia, which are states of the Black Sea region. So the Black Sea is of great importance for NATO.

The Black Sea and Ukrainian ports are used for grain and food exports around the world. The Russian blockade of Ukrainian ports is not only the problem for Ukraine but the people all over the world, as it causes food prices to rise. So it is extremally important this blockade ends and Ukraine again be allowed to export grain to the world market.

NATO allies are very closely monitoring the situation in the Black Sea. We are working with NATO Allies located in the region, we do air surveillance. All of these highlight the importance of ending this war to allow normal commercial traffic in the Black Sea”, - said Jens Stoltenberg.