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Russia says extending Ukraine grain deal ‘complicated’

Russia says extending Ukraine grain deal ‘complicated’

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov mentioned Thursday that extending a deal that allowed the resumption of grain exports from Ukraine was changing into “complicated” because it was not being correctly applied.

Lavrov mentioned clauses within the settlement that present for Russian grain and fertilizer exports weren’t being upheld, including: “If the package is half fulfilled, then extension becomes quite complicated.”

The 120-day deal, initially brokered by the U.N. and Türkiye in July and prolonged in November, shall be renewed on March 18 if no celebration objects. However, Russia earlier communicated that obstacles to its agricultural exports should be eliminated earlier than it greenlights Ukraine’s Black Sea grain deal.

To assist persuade Russia to permit Ukraine to renew Black Sea grain exports in July final 12 months, a three-year deal was additionally struck wherein the U.N. agreed to assist facilitate Russian meals and fertilizer exports.

Ukraine and Russia are each main world suppliers of grains and fertilizers.

Western powers hit Russia with robust sanctions over its invasion of neighboring Ukraine greater than a 12 months in the past. While Russia’s meals and fertilizer exports aren’t topic to sanctions, Moscow says restrictions on its funds, logistics and insurance coverage industries are a “barrier” to such shipments.

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu mentioned final week that Ankara was working exhausting to increase the initiative, whereas Russia has signaled it’s sad with some points of the deal.

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