Go to media bankMOSCOW, Oct 16Negotiations between Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin and UN Deputy Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths and head of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Rebecca Greenspan on a grain deal ended, they lasted more than two and a half hours, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. The discussion took place in the Reception House Russian Foreign Ministry at Spiridonovka. Earlier, the official representative of the UN Secretary General Stefan Dujarric said that Griffiths and Greenspan will go to Moscow on Sunday. Later, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced negotiations between them and Vershinin. The purpose of Griffiths and Grispan's trip should be to extend and expand the grain deal and facilitate the export of Russian grain and fertilizers, said Dujarric.
October 14, 23:38 US believes grain deal violation will become a big problemTwo interconnected documents were signed in Istanbul on July 22 to address the problems of supplying food and fertilizer to world markets. 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 Russia, the deal does not yet work. The grain deal expires on November 19 of this year, but the prospects for its extension are still unclear. The UN previously stated that they were 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 so far there is no confirmation of this.
