The head of US diplomacy on Monday described as “inadmissible” the Russian decision not to renew the agreement on the export of Ukrainian grains and assured that this decision would lead to an increase in food prices.
At the same time, the last cargo ship carrying grain from Ukraine through the Black Sea was inspected in Istanbul on Monday night, just hours before the expiration of the international agreement, the UN announced.
The Turkish-flagged cargo ship had “left the port of Odessa on Sunday and arrived today at the inspection site north of Istanbul on the Black Sea,” continues the JCC, which was in charge of supervising the implementation of this agreement signed in Istanbul in July. 2022 with Ukraine, Russia, Türkiye and the United Nations.
Russia suspended its participation in the grain export agreement in the Black Sea, the Kremlin announced Monday. This agreement, concluded in July 2022 by Russia and Ukraine after mediation by the UN and Turkey, aims to prevent a global food crisis by allowing grain exports from Ukraine through the Black Sea in complete safety. despite the conflict in Ukraine.
Source: BFM TV
