MOSCOW, June 15 Work on the grain deal continues, but there are no positive prospects yet, Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, told reporters.
«The work continues, but , frankly speaking, we do not see particularly positive prospects yet,» Peskov said.
sea from three ports, including Odessa. The coordination of vessel traffic is handled by the Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul. In September, Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed out that the West exports most of the Ukrainian grain to its own states, and not to needy countries in Africa.
The grain initiative is an integral part of the package agreement. The second part — the Russia-UN memorandum, designed for three years — provides for the unblocking of Russian exports of food and fertilizers, the reconnection of the Russian Agricultural Bank to SWIFT, the resumption of supplies of agricultural machinery, spare parts and services, the restoration of the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline and a number of other measures. As noted in Moscow, this part of the package agreement has not yet been implemented.