UNITED NATIONS: The UN aid chief said on Monday (May 15) efforts will continue in coming days to extend a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, a pact Russia has threatened to quit on May 18 over obstacles to its grain and fertiliser exports. The final two ships are due to leave Ukraini
UNITED NATIONS: The UN aid chief said on Monday efforts will continue in coming days to extend a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, a pact Russia has threatened to quit on May 18 over obstacles to its grain and fertiliser exports.
The UN and Turkey brokered the Black Sea agreement in July last year to help tackle a global food crisis that has been aggravated by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, one of the world's leading grain exporters. At the same time, the UN agreed to help Moscow facilitate its own agricultural shipments. "It is disgusting that Russia still pretends to be on the losing side of the deal," Ukraine's UN Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya told the Security Council.Russia's demands include restarting a pipeline that delivers Russian ammonia to a Ukrainian Black Sea port, which the United Nations has been pushing for.
While Russian exports of food and fertiliser are not subject to Western sanctions imposed following the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Moscow says restrictions on payments, logistics and insurance have amounted to a barrier to shipments. "Food exported under the Black Sea Initiative - and food and fertiliser exports from the Russian Federation - continue to make a crucial contribution to food security at a global level," Griffiths said.
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