Grain. File photoUN, 24 JunUN Secretary General António Guterres has always advocated reaching a package agreement to ensure, on the one hand, the export of grain from Ukraine, and on the other hand, from Russia, spokesman for the Secretary General Stefan Dujarric told RIA Novosti, commenting on the words of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Earlier in an interview with the National State Television and Radio Company Lavrov said to Belarus that Guterres wants to first agree on the export of Ukrainian grain, then solve the problem with the export of grain from the Russian Federation, while, as the minister pointed out, the UN Secretary General is delaying the food crisis with his actions. «The Secretary General always spoke about a package deal on exports from Ukraine and exports from Russia at the same time,” Dujarric said. In an interview, Lavrov also said that the easiest way to unblock Ukrainian grain exports is through Belarus. He added that all the proposals formulated by Russian President Vladimir Putin were put «on paper» and transferred to New York. that the UN Secretariat «experiences the strongest influence from those wishing to exercise external management of the organization.» Meanwhile, as one of the UN representatives told RIA Novosti, «the Belarusian route for the export of grain from Ukraine was one of the first options proposed by the Secretary General.»
Russia is ready to work with Turkey on the issue of Ukrainian grain exportsIn the past few weeks, the UN has not raised the issue of Ukrainian grain exports via the route through Belarus. The UN has repeatedly stated that the threat of a food crisis due to a shortage of grain, the West accused Russia of counteracting the supply of Ukrainian grain to world markets, Moscow categorically rejected such At the same time, the Kyiv authorities themselves created many obstacles to the export of grain for export: in addition to the revealed arson of grain in the Mariupol port, Ukrainian troops carried out mining of the Black Sea, which does not allow grain to be transported to world markets by ships. Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia does not prevent the export of grain from Ukraine, and if Ukraine clears the ports of mines, ships with grain will be able to leave without any problems. way to unlock the export of Ukrainian grain
