Today, during Ukraine Recovery Conference in Lugano, Switzerland, the “green” recovery plan was signed. The UA business will get access to investments for the implementation of projects, such as: reduction of carbon emissions; advance the "green" transformation of the country.

Denys Shmygal, the PM of Ukraine, at a joint press conference with Ignatius Cassis, the President of Switzerland, stated that National security and EU integration will be the main vectors of the Recovery Plan of Ukraine. Digitization and green course will run through projects.

The Ministry of Defense of Turkey announced, that on July 13, in Istanbul, the military delegations of the Ministers of Defense of Ukraine, Turkey, the Russian Federation and the UN delegation will hold negotiations regarding export of Ukrainian grain from the ports of Istanbul.

The Federal Council of Switzerland announced the launch of Swiss Climate Scores, based on a number of indicators aimed at ensuring transparency regarding companies' compliance with SDG, which will allow investors to better assess the relevance of their investments to the climate.

The Parliament of Ukraine has ratified today as vital: the international agreements with the European Investment Bank and Belgium, Lithuania, the Netherlands; the Convention on ecology; the withdrawal from CIS Agreement on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs matters.

Ukraine, Turkey and the UN signed Agreement on the export of grain. Control over "Odesa", "Chornomorsk" and "Yuzhny" ports remains completely under Ukraine. No vessels other than those intended to export grain, related food products and fertilizers must be there.

The first Turkish grain carrier was loaded with Ukrainian grain for further export in the Chornomorsk sea trade port. Exports may begin in the coming days with the shipment of several ships that were loaded but could not set sail due to the outbreak of war.

275 votes for: Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the law on "customs visa-free" with the EU and the accession of Ukraine to the Convention on the Common Transit Procedure (NCTS) with EU countries. The EU Commission approved the decision to invite Ukraine to the NCTS in July.

The United States will contribute $68 million to the World Food Program for the purchase of Ukrainian wheat to resolve the acute food crisis in the world. “We strive to support global food security for the most vulnerable segments of the population”, - said Antony Blinken.

Ukraine exported a million tons of products within "the grain agreement". Ukraine's goal is to reach a volume of 3 mln tons of grain exports by sea every month, says Volodymyr Zelenskyy. This is a really important result for Ukraine, for the Black Sea region and the whole world!

Liz Truss will become the new prime minister of Great Britain. She won with 81,326 votes, ahead of Sunak’s 60,399. In this position, Truss will replace Boris Johnson, who resigned in July. Since 2019, Truss has been the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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