Moscow may extend the agreement when obstacles to Russia’s own agricultural exports are removed, the Russian president has said
Russia is considering pausing its participation in the UN-facilitated grain deal until its food and fertilizer exports are unblocked, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. None of the promises made to Moscow under the agreement have been fulfilled as of yet, he said, adding that the deal has been a “one-way street case.”
Moscow may no longer be willing to extend the agreement in the hope that Western nations and the UN fulfill their end of the bargain, the president said. “We can suspend our participation in this deal,” he said, adding that “everyone is once again telling [us] that all the promises made will be kept.”
“Let them deliver on this promise first; then we’ll immediately return to the deal again,” Putin stated.
Formally known as the Black Sea Initiative, the agreement between Moscow and Kiev was mediated…
Putin comments on future of grain deal
Moscow may extend the agreement when obstacles to Russia’s own agricultural exports are removed, the Russian president has said
Russia is considering pausing its participation in the UN-facilitated grain deal until its food and fertilizer exports are unblocked, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. None of the promises made to Moscow under the agreement have been fulfilled as of yet, he said, adding that the deal has been a “one-way street case.”
Moscow may no longer be willing to extend the agreement in the hope that Western nations and the UN fulfill their end of the bargain, the president said. “We can suspend our participation in this deal,” he said, adding that “everyone is once again telling [us] that all the promises made will be kept.”
“Let them deliver on this promise first; then we’ll immediately return to the deal again,” Putin stated.
Formally known as the Black Sea Initiative, the agreement between Moscow and Kiev was mediated…