grain agreement
Reuters: Negotiations on the Grain Agreement will take place on May 3
Negotiations on an agreement mediated by the UN, which will allow the safe export of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea, are scheduled for Wednesday, May 3.
The US State Department: the whole world will benefit from the “grain agreement”.
US State Department Deputy Spokesman Vedant Patel said that the implementation of the “grain agreement” is a decision from which the whole world will benefit.
Russian federation again complains about the “Grain Initiative”: what is known
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the situation regarding the Black Sea Grain Agreement has reached a “dead end”.
Russia again accused Ukraine of violating the “Grain Agreement”
The russian Ministry of Defense accused Ukraine of violating the “grain agreement” — allegedly Ukrainian drones attacked the fleet in occupied Sevastopol.
The G7 countries called to preserve and expand the “grain agreement”
The “Great Seven” countries called for the continuation and expansion of the “grain agreement”, under which Ukraine exports grain from the ports of Great Odesa.
Russia put forward five demands for the continuation of the “Grain Agreement”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of russian federation put forward new demands for the world. If they are not fulfilled, fussia threatens not to extend the “Grain Agreement” after May 18.
The media: the USA believes that the UN Secretary General is too “compliant” with russian federation regarding the “Grain Agreement”
The United States believes that UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is too eager to meet russian interests when revising the Black Sea Grain Agreement.
Russia threatens again to disrupt the “grain agreement”
Russia once again threatens to abandon the “grain agreement” if the West does not remove “obstacles to russian exports.” Also, russia probably plans to further reduce the number of vessel inspections in the Bosphorus.
Russia wants to create its own “grain agreement”
Russian federation plans to conclude its own agreement with Iran and Turkey, an alternative to the Grain Initiative.
Turkey confirmed that the “grain agreement” was extended for 120 days
Turkey and the UN have a unanimous position regarding the extension of the Istanbul Agreements for exactly 120 days.
