Grain from Ukraine, no agreement between Turkey and Russia on exports

No agreement was reached between Russia and Turkey on exports via the Black Sea of ​​grain blocked in Ukrainian ports. Kremlin spokesman Dmytro Peksov said this during the daily press conference the day after the visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Turkey. Read also Shortly before, Lavrov, speaking at a press conference following talks with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, had stressed that Russia hopes that Ukraine realizes that there is no alternative to demining ports in order to be able to to leave the ships blocked in the Black Sea and to resume grain exports. Reiterating what he said yesterday in Ankara, the head of Russian diplomacy said that “the Russian military has declared its availability to” security corridors for more than a month every day ” , which can freely use, without any threat to themselves, any ship with goods waiting to be sent from the Black Sea ports, provided, of course, that the Ukrainians clear the coastal strip, which, in general, is under their check”. “And the fact that our Turkish colleagues are trying to convince Kiev of the need to stop dragging this process, I think it’s very, very positive – he said again – I hope the Ukrainians realize that there is no alternative to resolution. of this problem precisely on this basis, which is understandable, reasonable and objective, and they will once again stop looking for a way out in the requests to the West aimed at arming themselves to the teeth “to” act against the Russian fleet in the Black Sea “. In the morning the alarm came from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky who in a speech on TV said that the world is on the verge of a “terrible food crisis”, with “millions of people could die of hunger if the Russian blockade of the Sea Black continues. “Last year, Ukraine’s grain exports brought food to 400 million people around the world. Russia is only blocking Ukraine’s ports and has also been accused of stealing its grain.