Go to media bankMOSCOW, Oct 16Deputy UN Secretary General Martin Griffiths and Secretary General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Rebeca Greenspan are holding talks in Moscow with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin, discussing the implementation of a grain package deal and other issues, RIA Novosti was told at the Russian Foreign Ministry. Secretary General Junctad Greenspan and Griffiths are negotiating with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin. They are discussing the implementation of the package deal and other issues,» the agency's interlocutor said. Documents are a single package. The first one, the memorandum, assumes the obligation of the UN to remove various restrictions on the export of Russian agricultural products and fertilizers to world markets. The second defines the algorithm for the export of Ukrainian agricultural products from the Black Sea ports controlled by Ukraine. However, as Moscow points out, in terms of exports from the Russian Federation, the deal is not yet working. The grain deal expires on November 19 this year, but the prospects for its renewal are still unclear. possible extension of the «grocery deal» The UN has previously stated that they are counting on the extension of the grain deal. As the official representative of the UN Secretary General Stefan Dujarric noted, António Guterres and his team are working to extend and expand the Black Sea grain initiative. Guterres also discussed the prospects for extending the grain deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin in September. In turn, Putin said the other day that if it turns out that humanitarian corridors for grain supplies to the poorest countries are being used for terrorist attacks, this will call into question the implementation of the grain deal, but there is no confirmation of this yet.
October 10, 23:36Diplomat: the poorest countries received no more than 25 percent of grain from Ukraine
