US Department of the Treasury building in Washington DC. File photoWASHINGTON, Jul 15The United States strongly supports UN efforts to re-enter the global grain market from Ukraine and Russia, the U.S. Treasury Department said after easing anti-Russian sanctions. Amid reports of progress in Russian -Ukrainian negotiations, which are mediated by the UN and Turkey, the ministry issued a 6B general license, in which it clarified that food for humans and animals, organic and mineral fertilizers, sowing and seed materials, agricultural machinery, medicines and medical equipment.
"The United States strongly supports UN efforts to bring both Ukrainian and Russian grain back to world markets…" — said in a press release.
As the ministry added, “agricultural and medical trade” is not the target of US sanctions against Russia. The most significant easing of the sanctions regime includes both clarifying existing measures to economic participants in order to and the withdrawal from the restrictions of certain categories of products of the medical and agricultural industries, including equipment. Reports of progress in resolving the grain issue appeared following the results of negotiations between the delegations of Turkey, Russia, Ukraine and the UN that ended on Wednesday in Istanbul. The parties, according to the statement of the host, agreed to establish a coordination center and hold another meeting next week. declared in the Rada