Earlier, the Kremlin announced the extension of the “grain deal” for 60 days. However, Ukraine’s Minister of Infrastructure and the UN reported that the grain agreement was extended for another 4 months.
The Grain Agreement, which guarantees the safe passage of ships carrying vital export grains from Ukraine, has been extended. The UN emphasizes that we are talking about a 120-day extension, not a 60-day extension as previously reported.
“The agreement is a public, open document. It provides a 120-day deferral,” said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
Ukrainian Communities, Regions and Infrastructure Development Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov also announced on his Facebook account that the grain agreement was extended for 120 days.
“I am grateful to all partner countries, as well as United Nations Secretary General António Guterres and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for their joint efforts to extend the document for another 4 months,” he said.
Kubrakov noted that Ukraine continues to export agricultural products through three deep-sea ports.
The message that the grain deal was extended was also confirmed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“The duration of the grain agreement, which will expire on March 19, has been extended. Thanks to the negotiations with the two parties (Russia and Ukraine), we have ensured the extension of the agreement,” Erdogan said.
The previous day, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said that Turkey would work to expand the “grain deal”. CNN writes about it.
Earlier, Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced that it had reached an agreement on a 60-day extension of the deal, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the move as a “goodwill gesture”.
Earlier, on March 9, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov described the Western countries’ stance on the grain deal as “dishonest”. According to him, Russian ships loaded with grain and fertilizer are prohibited from entering the ports of importing countries.
Moreover Focus On January 17, he wrote that Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Serhiy Kislitsa, said at the Security Council meeting that Ukraine had proposed to expand and at least extend the “grain deal” to ports in the Nikolaev region. 120 days
Source: Focus
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