The United States is hoping that United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will be able to get Russia to return to the grain agreement during his high-level contacts throughout the week. US Permanent Representative to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield stated this in a briefing. RIA News.
“We are grateful to the Secretary-General for continuing to actively communicate, trying to find a way to bring the Russians back to the Black Sea initiative. We hope that he will achieve this in the meetings he will hold with various partners next week,” the permanent representative said.
13 September Guterres stated A high-level meeting is planned to be held at the UN General Assembly on the sidelines of the week with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, as well as Turkish President Recep Erdogan and Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, to discuss the future of the grain agreement.
The other day, Justice and Development Party press spokesman Ömer Çelik said that the grain agreement should be made. continued Under the auspices of the UN, with the participation of Moscow and Kiev.
On September 12, the official representative of Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that the grain agreement was concluded today. found It is at a “stalling” stage and there is no progress towards restarting it.
Before this, Russian Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev stated at the Eastern Economic Forum that the Russian Federation’s requirements regarding the grain agreement are still valid. not fulfilled. According to him, the ministry expects “them to be executed.”
Previously Erdogan in the name The West is determined to fulfill the promises made in the grain agreement.