Defense Ministers of Ukraine and Iraq, Andriy Taran and Juma Inad Saadoun Al-Juburi, in Kyiv signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the field of military cooperation between the defense departments of the two countries.
“The signing of the Memorandum will provide an opportunity to continue mutually beneficial cooperation between the defense ministries of the two countries, strengthen partnerships and ensure the implementation of projects in areas that are of mutually beneficial interest,” the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said.
As noted, on September 3, a delegation of the Iraqi Defense Ministry paid an official visit to Ukraine. This is the first visit of the head of the Iraqi Defense Ministry to Ukraine.
The defense ministers of Ukraine and Iraq held bilateral talks. The parties “emphasized the significant potential of partnership regarding the exchange of experience in the conduct of hostilities, cooperation in the area of military education.”
The Ukrainian national football team has beaten Switzerland with a score of 2:1 in the first match of group four of the elite division A of the UEFA Nations League.
In the 14th minute, Andriy Yarmolenko opened the scoring in the match in Lviv. In the 41st minute, Haris Seferovic equalized the score. In the 68th minute, Oleksandr Zinchenko brought victory to Ukraine.
In another match of this group, Germany and Spain tied the game with 1:1 score.
he seaports of Ukraine in January-August 2020, according to recent data, handled more than 105.77 million tonnes of cargo, which is 5% more compared to the same period in 2019.
According to information on the website of the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority, transshipment of exported cargo increased to 80.8 million tonnes (5.4% more), imported cargo to 16.1 million tonnes (0.9% more), transit to 7.3 million tonnes (4.6% more), cabotage goods to 1.6 million tonnes (30.8% more).
Grain became the leader in terms of transshipment volumes for the specified period, the transshipment of which amounted to 30.7 million tonnes.
Ore ranked second with 30.2 million tonnes, which is 27.5% more than the same indicator of the previous year.
Pig iron transshipment increased by 49.8%, to 2.3 million tonnes, oil transshipment increased by 4.1%, to 4 million tonnes, crude oil by 2.5 times with a processing volume of 1.4 million tonnes over the specified period.
Transshipment of containers reached 690,600 TEU and exceeded the last year’s figure by 9.2%.
National bank of Ukraine’s official rates as of 03/09/20
Source: National Bank of Ukraine
Official rates of banking metals from national bank as of September 03
One troy ounce=31.10 grams
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) maintains its forecast for the grain harvest in 2020 at 72 million tonnes, Deputy Governor of the NBU Dmytro Sologub has said.
“The harvest is basically at the level of last year, the area planted with early crops was slightly less than last year, because more corn was sown, but the yield is almost in line with last year … We keep the estimate for this year’s harvest, respectively, at the level of 72 million tonnes,” he said during a press briefing of the National Bank.
He noted that the NBU also does not see a significant decrease in grain exports in comparison with the forecast.
