Last week, the UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres met with Russia's deputy foreign minister Sergei Vershinin - who was involved in negotiation the deal last summer - on the sidelines of a UN food summit in Rome. Similar measures against vessels bound for Russia or
Russia has also threatened to target Ukraine-boundĬivilian vessels, prompting Kyiv to responded by announcing The Kremlin unilaterally pulled out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative over two weeks ago, vowing to only return if “concrete results” were achieved to better protect Russian agricultural exports.
She was speaking as the US took over the presidency of the UN Security Council from the UK for the month of August. Ms Thomas-Greenfield did not give further details about who made the claims, or when they found out. Returning to discussions,' she told a press conference. 'We have seen indications that they might be interested in The US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said that Russia is 'going to have to return to this deal' if it wants to get its own fertilizer back on global markets. The US says it has been told Russia is willing to return to talks on restoring its grain deal with Ukraine - but admits it hasn't seen any evidence yet.
