Russia specifies that it will inspect ships heading to Ukrainian ports

Russia specified today that it will inspect in search of weapons the ships that go to the ports ukrainiansafter the Ministry of Defense assured that it will consider all these ships a “potential” military objective, regardless of their flag.

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“We must make sure (…) It is totally logical, especially after the attacks that have been committed”, said the Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Vershinin at a press conference.

He explained that, as is the usual practice in inspections on the high seas, a request is sent and then the review is carried out to confirm that the ship does not carry cargo “bad”.

“Now there is no longer a marine humanitarian corridorNow it is an area of ​​maximum military risk”he stressed.

After what Moscow began its attempt to blockade the Ukrainian coast, kyiv He replied that he also considers aim military all ships heading to Russian ports.

The diplomat assured that, in addition to “the measures of force”there are other economic-financial ones linked to the insurance of the boats involved.

He also recognized that Moscow seeks new itineraries for its grain and fertilizers, after the suspension this Monday of the Initiative of the Black Seaand for this it maintains contacts with Türkiye.

Of course, he considered “dangerous” and “unrealizable” the possibility that ships of the Navy can escort Ukrainian bulk carriers, and also rejected the transfer of these ships through the territorial waters of several countries until they reach the Bosphorus.

“I don’t think it can be avoided Russiano matter what i say kyivwhen solving problems related to the Black Seawith food safety. It’s just impossible”he claimed.

In this regard, he assured that Moscow takes into account the concern that the suspension of the agreement has aroused in African countries on the eve of next week’s Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg.

“Of course, there are contacts, efforts so that, in this sense, African countries do not feel the negative consequences”, he pointed out, although he admitted that there are still no concrete agreements.

Regarding the grain retained in European ports, he pointed out that only malawian and Kenya they received part of it since the beginning of the war almost a year and a half ago.

Besides, Vershinin stressed that the memorandum signed between Russia and the UN for safe export of Ukrainian grain by the Black Sea is still in force, although he insisted that it cannot be fulfilled until the conditions of Moscow, among them the reconnection of the Russian agricultural bank, rosseljozbankto the international banking system SWIFT.

“The ball is in the field of our partners”, he asserted and stressed that, if these conditions are met, there will be no food deficit in the world.

Source: Elcomercio

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