The Russian Federation’s Ambassador to the USA, Anatoly Antonov, said that Russia has repeatedly stated that the door is open to revive the Black Sea grain initiative and that the USA should really start removing sanctions obstacles. Repeat empty insinuations. This was reported by TASS.
According to him, in order for the agreement to be re-established, only the legitimate demands of the Russian side for the strict implementation of the related Istanbul agreements need to be met.
“He reminded us that these agreements not only include the “Ukrainian” part, but also include an equally important Russia-UN agreement on the introduction of domestic food and fertilizers to global markets.”
Samantha Power, formerly director of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) statedHe said officials in his country were trying to prevent Ukrainian grain from being replaced with Russian grain on world markets.
He said that Russia, which has demonstrated a very good harvest performance in recent months and throughout 2022, is trying to “fill the gap” in the market by “profiting” from its exit from the grain agreement.
The last ship in the previous grain agreement left Black Sea.