Lavrov: “Russia ready to negotiate with Ukraine on wheat”

Russia is ready for negotiations with Ukraine and Turkey on the Ukrainian wheat issue. According to reports from the Russian press agency ‘Tass’, this was stated by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the G20 in Bali. “We are ready for negotiations with our Ukrainian and Turkish colleagues,” he said. Lavrov added that naval forces play a key role in the negotiation process on exporting grain from Black Sea ports. Read also “Western countries stop artificially blocking Russian deliveries to countries that bought our grain, he said again,” adding: “The statistics show very clearly that wheat, which is blocked in ports in Ukraine, is less than 1% of world production, so it has no real impact on food security,” Lavrov added. Russian Foreign Minister will leave the G20 meeting in Bali early, skipping the sessions scheduled for this afternoon and tonight’s official dinner. “Lavrov is still holding bilateral talks, after which he will speak to the press and leave,” the spokeswoman told Dpa Maria Zakharova.