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Moscow Actively Exploring Alternatives to Grain Deal With Partners: Ambassador to Ankara
Moscow Actively Exploring Alternatives to Grain Deal With Partners: Ambassador to Ankara
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On July 22, 2022, representatives from Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN met in Istanbul and signed the so-called "grain deal", also known as the Black Sea... 16.08.2023, Sputnik Africa
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Moscow is actively exploring alternatives to the Black Sea Grain Initiative in contacts with partners, Russian Ambassador to Turkey Aleksei Erkhov said on Wednesday. The ambassador also told Turkey's Ihlas News Agency (IHA) that there was no alternative to reconnecting a Russian bank to the SWIFT payment system as a way to resume the grain deal. The Russian diplomat also stressed in the interview with IHA that the grain corridor established as part of the grain deal had served the interests of US and European business, with least developed countries receiving just 3% of all grain deliveries. On July 18, the Turkey- and UN-mediated Black Sea Grain Initiative, which provided for a humanitarian corridor to allow exports of Ukrainian grain over the past year, expired, as Russia did not renew its participation in the deal. Moscow emphasized that the deal's component on facilitating Russian grain and fertilizer exports had not been fulfilled, specifically with regard to reconnecting Russian banks to SWIFT and unblocking the Tolyatti-Odesa ammonia pipeline.
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Moscow Actively Exploring Alternatives to Grain Deal With Partners: Ambassador to Ankara
On July 22, 2022, representatives from Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN met in Istanbul and signed the so-called "grain deal", also known as the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Russia suspended the agreement on July 18 due to the unfulfillment of its conditions.
Moscow is actively exploring alternatives to the Black Sea Grain
Initiative in contacts with partners, Russian Ambassador to Turkey Aleksei Erkhov said on Wednesday.
"The Black Sea initiative is not the only way to meet the food needs of African and other countries, there are alternatives that are being actively explored in contacts with our partners," Erkhov was quoted as saying by the Star newspaper.
The ambassador also told Turkey's Ihlas News Agency (IHA) that there was no alternative to reconnecting a Russian bank to the SWIFT payment system as a way to resume the grain deal.
"The UN proposed some half-way solution to the problem of payments. Meanwhile, there is no alternative to the direct reconnection of [Russian agricultural bank] Rosselkhozbank to SWIFT. All palliative measures could simply be not implemented and serve to create a semblance of work," Erkhov was quoted as saying by the news agency.
The Russian diplomat also stressed in the interview with IHA that the grain corridor established as part of the grain deal had served the interests of US and European business, with least developed countries receiving just 3% of all
grain deliveries.
On July 18, the Turkey- and UN-mediated Black Sea Grain Initiative, which provided for a humanitarian corridor to allow exports of Ukrainian grain over the past year, expired, as Russia did not renew its participation in the deal. Moscow emphasized that the deal's component on facilitating Russian grain and fertilizer exports had not been fulfilled, specifically with regard to reconnecting Russian banks to SWIFT and unblocking the Tolyatti-Odesa ammonia pipeline.
