The grain deal went from being a humanitarian project to a commercial one. He said this in an interview with the newspaper. “News” Gennady Gatilov, Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva.
The Black Sea initiative, which was initially positioned as a humanitarian initiative, has turned into a commercial project for a long time.”
According to him, it is now used to ship food to high-income countries, including European Union countries. Gatilov also noted that countries in need receive only a small share of humanitarian aid.
On June 30, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a briefing to put Grain to the poorest countries, at their own expense, in the event of the end of the grain deal.
Prior to that, at the highest level of the negotiation process to extend the terms of the grain agreement, can start in July of this year. It was noted that the situation around the agreement did not inspire optimism.
On 20 June, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin gave his opinion on 18 July. Will be the completion time of the grain process. At the same time, the diplomat noted that Moscow does not ignore the fact that new face-to-face contacts will be held within the scope of the agreement.
Formerly Europe estimated Ukraine is a disaster because of grain.