Ismini Palla, spokesperson for the UN office at the Joint Coordination Center (JCC), said ship inspections will continue as part of the grain agreement from 20 April. It has been reported TASS.
“As for the control of the ships, they started again yesterday. Today they will too. Today, we plan to continue these,” he said.
According to him, the parties reached agreements that contributed to the resumption.
Former Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin declarationThat UN efforts have not yet led to the full implementation of the Russian part of the grain agreement. According to the diplomat, “the implementation of the Russian part of the agreement with the UN has de facto stopped.” At the same time, Pankin noted that it is impossible to talk about the complete end of his action, since there are still some dynamics.
Prior to this, Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia talked aboutthat the difficulties in inspecting the ships involved in the grain agreement were due to the fault of Ukraine and the UN. According to him, Ukrainian representatives only allow ships whose owners have paid bribes to participate in the Black Sea Initiative.