Skyscrapers of the Moscow City business center. File photoDAMASCUS, Jul 23The agreements signed in Istanbul on lifting restrictions on the supply of Russian products for export and Russia's assistance in the export of Ukrainian grain should be followed by the lifting of Western anti-Russian sanctions as an addition to the documents, Zulfikar Abboud, professor of economics and international relations at Tartus State University, told RIA Novosti. In Istanbul, multilateral agreements were signed on lifting restrictions on the supply of Russian products for export and on Russia's assistance in the export of Ukrainian grain. The deal, which was signed by representatives of Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the UN, involves the export of Ukrainian grain, food and fertilizer across the Black Sea from three ports, including Odessa.
"The agreement signed in Istanbul by Russia, the UN, Turkey and Ukraine… will be an excellent solution even if temporary… The agreement should be followed by the abolition of the economic unilateral anti-Russian measures taken by the West, without preconditions as an addition to the agreement", — said Abboud.
According to the Syrian expert, today it has become clear that the actions of Western countries have disrupted the international food and fertilizer supply system, which has led to the aggravation of the already difficult situation of millions of people around the world.
The French banker announced the death of the West due to sanctions against Russia «I believe that the resumption of the work of Ukrainian ports for the export of grain will be able to reduce the likelihood of a threat of famine in different parts of the world,» Abboud added. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, commenting on the deal, said that the signing in Istanbul of documents on lifting restrictions on the supply of Russian products for export and on Russia's assistance in the export of Ukrainian grain underlines the artificial nature of the West's attempts to shift the blame for food problems to Russia. He also stressed that thanks to the efforts of the Russian delegation, it was possible to maintain the depoliticized nature of the agreements reached in the «product deal» reached in Istanbul, and also noted that the Russian Federation expects that in the coming period all necessary efforts will be made to effectively implement the agreements reached. After the start of a special military operations to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine The West has stepped up sanctions pressure on Russia. The disruption of supply chains has driven up fuel and food prices in Europe and the US. The rising cost of living has hit millions of households. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and sanctions have dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. Zelensky «shifted» responsibility for the food deal to the UN