![]() The deal ensures the safe passage of grains and other commodities from Ukrainian ports despite a Russian naval blockade.Librivox public domain recording of War and Peace, Book 13, by Leo Tolstoy. Lavrov said he and Cavusoglu discussed “a failure” to implement the terms of the deal, adding that Russia could work outside it if Western countries maintain what he said were obstacles to agricultural exports that were getting tougher. The Black Sea grain deal, first signed last July and twice renewed, is an attempt by the UN to ease a food crisis that predated the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but has been made worse by the most deadly war in Europe since World War II. ![]() ![]() The talks in Turkey agreed removing barriers was a necessary condition for extending the agreement beyond next month. Russia has, meanwhile, threatened to bypass the United Nations-brokered grain deal unless obstacles to its agricultural exports were removed. “It should be about the principles on which the new world order will be based,” he said, adding that Russia rejects a “unipolar world order led by ‘one hegemon'”.Ĭavusoglu, whose country hosted talks between Russia and Ukraine last year, called for a resumption of dialogue and expressed “concerns that the war will escalate in spring”. ![]() “Any negotiation needs to be based on taking into account Russian interests, Russian concerns,” Lavrov said on Friday after meeting his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara. Keep reading list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Ukraine Black Sea grain export deal extended, UN and Turkey say list 2 of 4 Kyiv criticises Russian proposal to extend grain deal for 60 days list 3 of 4 Ukraine grain export deal extended for four months list 4 of 4 Russia agrees to rejoin Ukraine grain export deal end of listĮarlier this week, Moscow said it had no choice but to continue its more than yearlong offensive in Ukraine, seeing no diplomatic solution. ![]()
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