WASHINGTON, Jun 11 U.S. Prioritizes Diplomatic Way to Resume Ukrainian Grain and hope that the negotiations will be successful, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said. At the Shangri-La Dialogue international conference in Singapore, the minister was asked whether the US Navy could be involved in transporting grain from the Black Sea ports of Ukraine, now blocked because of the fighting. «You're asking whether or not our troops in this and other regions can be a value added factor. Of course we can,» Austin replied. «But we always want to look for a diplomatic solution first, and I see a lot of energy , which is currently involved in this area. And we hope that the right things will happen,» he added. sale of grain to North AmericaNegotiations on the resumption of exports of Ukrainian grain by sea are being conducted by the UN and Turkey with Russia, which rejects Western accusations of creating obstacles to such supplies.
