Russia's foreign ministry said on Monday (Jun 5) that it saw no prospects for extending the Black Sea grain export deal, which is set to expire in mid-July, Russian news agencies reported. TASS news agency qu
TASS news agency quoted the ministry as saying that it was continuing consultations with the United Nations, and that ship inspections had resumed. RIA news agency said a new round of Russia-UN talks would take place in Geneva on Jun 9.and the United Nations last July to allow Ukraine to resume exports from its southern ports, which had been blockaded by Russia since the start of its invasion.
To help convince Russia to back the deal, a three-year pact was also struck last July in which the UN agreed to help Moscow carry out its food and fertiliser shipments.has repeatedly threatened to quit the deal, complaining that obstacles still remain to its own exports of food and fertiliser. It also demands the reopening of a pipeline carrying ammonia from Russia to the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Pivdennyi - known in Russian as Yuzhny - for export to global markets, and the reconnection of its agricultural bank Rosselkhozbank to the SWIFT international payment network.
The agreement last came up for renewal on May 18 and Russia agreed at that point to extend it for 60 more days, to Jul 17.
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