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Russia warned the West on Monday that a deal allowing Ukrainian grain exports in the Black Sea will cease unless a United Nations commitment aimed at overcoming obstacles to Russian grain and fertilizer exports is reached. fulfilled.
The UN and Turkey brokered the Black Sea deal for an initial 120 days in July last year to help tackle a global food crisis that has been worsened by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, one of the world's top grain exporters.
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Russia has repeatedly warned it will allow the deal to expire due to obstacles to its own grain and fertilizer exports caused by Western sanctions, but agreed to extend it for another two months on May 17.
“If everything remains as it is, and apparently it will remain, then it will be necessary to proceed from the fact that (the agreement) is no longer working,” said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a visit to Nairobi, when asked whether the Black Sea agreement should be extended again.
Lavrov, whose visit to Kenya is the first step on a tour of Africa, said the UN-Russia memorandum had not been fulfilled “in any way”. The compromise was reached at the same time as the Black Sea agreement.
While Russian food and fertilizer exports are not subject to Western sanctions, Moscow says they are hampered by restrictions on payments, logistics and insurance.
Source: Guy Faulconbridge | Notícias Agrícolas
