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MOSCOW, June 17 De facto, there is no chance of extending the grain deal, because what was promised to Russia has not been done, said Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation.< br />“It is hardly possible to predict any final decision, but it can be stated that, judging de facto by the status that we have, this deal has no chance. done, and the second part, which concerned the Russian Federation, was never done,» Peskov said in an interview with Izvestia.
«If we state what we have, then, of course, there are no prospects and there are no grounds for extensions, because what was promised to us was not done,» Peskov added.
The Black Sea Grain Initiative, which was signed on July 22, 2022 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 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.