Grain exports – if Russia withdraws from the agreement, there is no action plan at the UN

The United Nations does not have a back-up plan in case Russia withdraws from grain dealUN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in response to a question about what would happen if Russia carried out threats to withdraw from the agreement on May 18.

“There is no plan B for the Black Sea. There is a Black Sea. We cannot move the sea. We cannot move the Bosporus,” Dujarric is quoted as saying.Voice of America“.

Since its signing on July 22, the Black Sea Grain Initiative has made it possible to export more than 30 million tons of grain and other food products from Ukraine’s three Black Sea ports.

May 10 in Istanbul negotiations began on the continuation of the work of the Black Sea Grain Initiative with the participation of the Deputy Defense Ministers of Turkey, Russia, Ukraine and UN representatives.