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| UN Secretary General doubts the need to repeat the 'grain deal' | |
| 2023-12-23 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on December 22 that he doubts the need to repeat the “grain deal.” He noted that he did not see the point in this. “We are in touch with both sides, trying to develop new forms. I don’t think that repeating (the grain deal - editor’s note) makes sense,” Guterres said.
As Regnum reported earlier, on December 19, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he expects to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the near future and offer him to renew the grain deal. Erdogan noted that he hoped for a positive response and said that the Black Sea grain corridor mechanism was, in his opinion, a positive step towards “a fairer world.” The Black Sea Initiative (grain deal) with the participation of Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN on the export of grain from Ukrainian ports was valid for a year from July 22, 2022. The Russian Foreign Ministry has repeatedly indicated that there are no grounds for its extension, since it has turned into a purely commercial export of products from Ukraine to prosperous Western countries, and none of the conditions of the Russian side have been fulfilled. In 2023, after Russia’s withdrawal from this agreement, the Russian Ministry of Defense declared all ships sailing through the Black Sea to Ukrainian ports as potential carriers of military cargo. All countries whose flags the ships fly will be considered involved in the Ukrainian conflict on the side of Kyiv. Some areas in the northwestern and southeastern parts of the international waters of the Black Sea have been declared temporarily dangerous for navigation. | |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #3 ^ Eaters of the Dead... Oops. Michael Chrichton book, except it involves Norsemen (13th Warrior. An underrated movie IMHO) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2023-12-23 18:38 |
| #2 ^ The "it" being sent to the starving presumably refers to the UN secretary general. That may be premature. No reports of cannibalism in Gaza as far as I know. However, speaking as your Media Advisor, a little cannibalism might be a great card to play. Cholera? Hah! Nothing says humanitarian catastrophe like eating your own dead. Let's add some poignancy: a family of four sitting in a bombed out building, gnawing the remains of the recently deceased, their faces smudged with dust from the rubble and grease from the... well, let's just leave that there. CNN would eat that up. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2023-12-23 18:27 |
| #1 Send it to the starving in Gaza. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-12-23 15:24 |