Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the Black Sea initiative is no longer working, so it may come to an end soon.
On May 29, the politician spoke at a press conference in Nairobi (Kenya). In his speech, he emphasized that the agreement enabled the export of Ukrainian grain to the poorest countries in the world, but these states only received 3% of the 30 million tons of exported product.
According to the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Russian Federation has the opportunity to supply the products of the agro-industrial complex, bypassing the mechanisms of the inoperative Russia-UN memorandum.
“… Of course, I think the impact on the food and fertilizer market will be much more positive if the UN Secretary General manages to fulfill everything he demands in the memorandum,” Lavrov said. Public News Service.
He also noted that Moscow considers the actions of EU officials “a direct sabotage of tasks in the field of food security”.