UN, June 1 Moscow notified the Joint Coordinating Center of the restriction of registration of ships in the port of Yuzhny due to the refusal to export ammonia , said the official representative of the UN Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric.
«Russia has informed SKC of the decision to limit the registration of ships in the Yuzhny port until ammonia is exported,» he said.
According to Dujarric, the UN is concerned about the slowdown in the execution of the Black Sea grain deal.
«We will continue to cooperate in order to fully resume operations and continue the work of the initiative. We expect that (the parties. — Note ed.) will commit themselves to the admission of vessels to all three ports without preconditions, to increase the number of successful inspections per day, predictable registration (for the passage of ships. — Ed.), on the export of fertilizers, including ammonia, and the resumption (work. — Ed.) of the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline,» the representative of the organization emphasized.
In July last year, representatives of Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN signed a package of documents defining the algorithm for the export of Ukrainian agricultural products from the Black Sea ports and providing for the removal of restrictions on the export of Russian food and fertilizers to world markets. Moscow has repeatedly noted that Ukrainian grain is sent primarily to Europe, and not to needy African countries, and the deal does not work with Russian products.
In mid-May, the Foreign Ministry announced that the deal had been extended without changes until July 17. As explained in the ministry, if five problems concerning the Russia-UN memorandum are not resolved within two months, the agreement will be terminated. We are talking about reconnecting Rosselkhozbank to SWIFT, resuming supplies of agricultural machinery and spare parts, reanimating the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline, unblocking transport logistics and insurance, and unfreezing the assets of Russian companies.