A breakdown of a grocery deal
Vasily Nebenzya told reporters that Russian exports of food and fertilizers are not guaranteed as part of the grain deal.
“The deal is for four months, so it expires in November. In a normal situation (status – socialbites.ca), the deal should be extended. Given the results, the lack of results (to ensure Russian exports under the agreement – socialbites.ca), I do not rule out anything. We would like to see the implementation of the Russian part of the agreement. So far that is not the case,” said Nebenzya.
According to him, “nothing works with the Russian side” of the agreement.
“Not a single Russian ship has removed Russian grain for export from Russian ports,” the diplomat said.
He reminded that the food deal was made for four months and that the agreement expired in November. Nebenzya declared that she “did not participate in the negotiations on the agreement and its extension”, but admitted that the Russian Federation may refuse to extend the agreements due to violations of agreements with Russia.
Speaking at a press conference the day before, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the West did not fulfill the promises made in the food agreement.
“Our Western colleagues are not doing what was promised to us by the UN Secretary-General, that is, they are not making decisions on the exclusion of logistical sanctions that prevent the free access of grain and fertilizers to world markets,” Lavrov said.
The Russian Foreign Minister added that Moscow is still working with the UN to ensure that the agreements signed in Istanbul are still implemented.
Africa was left without grain
Nebenzia said at the UN Security Council meeting on August 24 that Western countries had not resolved “financial and logistical problems” that hindered the export of Russian products and fertilizers.
“We urge everyone involved to take seriously the “package” nature of the “Black Sea Initiative” and not to delay the resolution of the financial and logistical problems that hinder the export of Russian food and fertilizers to the world market. Extension of the grain agreement, whose duration is 120 days from the date of signature, Ukrainian exports for Russian foreign economic operators It will contribute to tangible results equivalent to what we have seen for
He also pointed out that only one of the 34 food ships that had left Ukraine at that time as part of the food deal went to Africa. The permanent representative of the Russian Federation to the UN emphasized that this is not in line with the UN’s initially declared goals to combat hunger in countries in need of grain.
“Here, of course, it is worth remembering the image failure when sending to Lebanon the lead ship Razoni, which brought not the wheat, but corn, which was expected there, but also – feed (stern – Gazeta). Ru)” – added the permanent representative.
It is against this background that, in his view, “reduced prices of grain exports and global food markets will not bring relief to needy countries who still cannot afford to buy it,” in a comment made by the UN Secretary-General in the port of Odessa on 19 August.
On August 30, Interfax reported, based on UN data, that more than 1.2 million tons of grain and other food products were exported from Ukraine under the agreement signed in Istanbul.
As of August 29, the UN stated that the total tonnage of grain and other food products exported from the three Ukrainian ports is 1,289,065 tons. outgoing ports.
grocery deal
The signing of multilateral agreements on the lifting of restrictions on the supply of Russian products for export and Russia’s assistance in the export of Ukrainian grain took place on July 22 in Istanbul. The agreement was signed by representatives of Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the UN.
A package of documents, which includes, among other things, the participation of the UN in the lifting of restrictions on the export of agricultural products and fertilizers from the Russian Federation, was signed by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, representatives of Turkey and UN Secretary-General António Guterres. At the same time, the Ukrainian delegation signed an agreement with Turkey and the UN on grain exports.
Shoigu stated that the agreement covers the export of Ukrainian agricultural products from the Kiev-controlled ports of Odessa, Chornomorsk and Yuzhny. At the same time, Ukraine has committed to ensuring security in territorial waters and carrying out demining.
Soon a quartet center established by Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Nations became operational in Istanbul. It was established to inspect grain-carrying ships in order to prevent arms smuggling and exclude provocations.
Source: Gazeta
