Grain harvesting in Ukraine. File photoUN, June 1 Albania's Permanent Representative to the UN Ferit Hoxha did not rule out the appearance of a UN Security Council resolution to facilitate the resumption of exports of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea ports. wheat through the Black Sea ports, Hoxha said: «We have not yet seen any specific text. I will not be surprised if it is presented.» >The West is playing a double game on the topic of Ukrainian ports, Ryabkov said Earlier, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the UN has a proposal: to create a contact group of four parties (Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, the UN) on the withdrawal of ships with grain from Ukrainian ports. According to him, Turkey agreed in principle and the idea came up to hold a technical meeting. As the Russian Foreign Ministry said earlier, Russia does not interfere with Ukraine's grain exports, logistical problems arose through the fault of Kyiv, its troops mined their seaports. The Foreign Ministry added that «the talk about Russia's allegedly blocking the export of Ukrainian grain in the Black Sea ports and the resulting deficit in the grain market is nothing but speculation.» A former employee of the Odessa sea harbor told RIA Novosti that Ukraine is exporting wheat reserves from storage facilities in the port of Odessa by alternative routes under pressure from the European Union, despite the threat of a grain shortage in the country itself. Moscow has been taking measures for the free export of Ukrainian grain for more than a month, it is important to ensure that Kyiv has cleared the exits from the ports, Lavrov said.
