UN chief makes proposal to Russia to maintain Ukrainian cereals agreement

The general secretary of the UN presented a “way to go” to the Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrovto prolong the agreement on grain exports ukrainiansThey reported their services at the end of a meeting between the two.

Anthony Guterres handed over to Lavrov “a letter to the president Vladimir Putinwhich outlines a proposal to improve, extend and expand” the Ukrainian grain export agreement through the Black Sea despite the conflict, according to the statement.

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A similar letter has been sent to Ukraine and Türkiye“the other two signersof the agreement.

The agreement, calledBlack Sea Initiative for the Export of Cereals” was renewed on March 19.

But Russia demanded that it be extended for 60 days and not the 120 as agreed in July of last year, considering that international sanctions hinder the export of its agricultural products, particularly wheat and fertilizers.

In the middle of April, Moscow threatened again to suspend the initiative on May 18 if the obstacles to its exports are not lifted and the Russian bank specialized in agriculture is not reconnected rosselkhozbank to the international banking system SWIFT.

Guterres “noted the concern of the Russian Federation” on the application of the agreement on their own exports of food products and fertilizers and “provided a detailed report on the progress made in this regard”, assures the communiqué, which emphasizes that the UN will continue his work forsolve the rest of the problems”.

The UN chief also conveyed to the foreign minister his “worry” Over the “recent obstacles” found by the Agreement Coordination Centerbased on istanbul“in daily operations”.

For his part, in a statement distributed in Moscow, Lavrov said that the Secretary General’s proposal should be “studied”.

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“So far, we do not see the willingness of Western countries to do what is necessary to successfully implement the initiative of the Secretary General of the comprehensive approach to the export of agricultural products from Ukraine and the Russian Federation”, he emphasizes.

The inspections of the vessels in charge of Ukrainian grains, according to a protocol in which Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the UN participate, suffered momentary interruptions last week.

Source: Elcomercio

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