Russian President’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that part of the grain agreement has not yet been completed and implemented.
“We heard a statement the other day that a UN representative, official representatives, continue to contact the states concerned regarding the implementation of that notorious second part of the Black Sea agreements or the grain agreement,” Peskov said.
He noted that the Kremlin expects the implementation of these agreements because “this part of the agreement has not been completed and implemented so far.”
On April 3, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin had a phone call with Martin Griffiths, the Emergency Coordinator of the UN Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, where the Russian side stated that the “Black Sea initiative” for Ukrainian food exports should also continue. With Odessa’s restoration of the Togliatti-Ammonia pipeline”.
Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya at a press conference on 3 April declarationthat the Russian part of the agreement on food and fertilizer exports is still not working.