Russia extends Black Sea grain deal for another 60 days: State media
Black Sea Grain deal
Russia on Tuesday extended the Black Sea grain deal, which facilitates safe passage to the Ukrainian agricultural exports, for another 60 days, the state-owned TASS news agency reported while citing the Russian deputy foreign minister Alexander Grushko.
Millions of tonnes of the food grains and other food products have been exported from war-torn Ukraine to parts of the world after the two warring sides signed a United Nations-backed Black Sea Grain Initiative in Turkey last year on July 22.
Earlier on Monday, Russia suggested renewing the deal as it coincided with the UN'spledge to do everything possible to ensure the agreement's integrity remained intact.
"Indeed, the deal has been extended.It has been agreed that it has been extended for 60 days," Grushko was quoted as saying byTASS.
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RIA news agency also cited Grushko as saying the deal had been extended.
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Russia has saidthat, while itsagricultural exports have not been explicitly targeted by the West, other economic sanctions have hit its abilityto export its own grains and fertilisers.
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Ukraine's infrastructure minister in an apparent admission to the Russian extension of the grain deal,said Monday that Russia's decision to extend the grain deal for 60 days went against the agreement, but did not reject Moscow's proposal.
"(The grain) agreement involves at least 120 days of extension, therefore Russia's position to extend the deal only for 60 days contradicts the document signed by Turkey and the UN," Oleksandr Kubrakov said on Twitter, adding: "We arewaiting for the official position of the UN and Turkey as the guarantors of the initiative."
(With inputs from agencies)
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