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| Russian Foreign Ministry clarifies the details of the conversation between Lavrov and Guterres about the grain deal |
| 2023-09-24 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres did not discuss fundamentally new aspects of the grain deal during their negotiations in New York, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin told reporters. Russian Foreign Ministry: Lavrov and Guterres did not discuss the fundamental aspects of the grain deal “There are no fundamental points,” said the deputy head of the department, as quoted by TASS. Vershinin explained that the conversation concerned efforts to implement the Russia-UN memorandum with clear results to ensure access for Russian agricultural products and fertilizers to world markets. As Regnum reported, the grain deal between Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN was valid from July 22, 2022. On July 17, 2023, Russia suspended participation in this agreement due to the systematic failure to comply with the conditions of the Russian side. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov stated that the Black Sea initiative has actually ceased to operate. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that the “grain deal,” the purpose of which was to provide assistance to countries in need, turned into a purely commercial project of Kiev to export food to “well-fed” countries. In early September, it became known that the UN had put forward a new package of proposals for a grain deal , implying the reconnection of Rosselkhozbank to SWIFT, as well as the unfreezing of the assets of Russian companies involved in the production of fertilizers. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry , Maria Zakharova , said that Russia had previously received similar proposals, but they remained promises. |
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