News from Al-Madina: The United Nations Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, said today, Monday, that there were no ships sailing in the grain corridor in the Black Sea on the night of October 29, the day that Russia said its ships were attacked in the Gulf of Sevastopol in the Crimea, This led to stopping her work with the Ukrainian grain export agreement.
In a same vein, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu received a message from Turkish Defense Minister Khulusi Akar today urging Moscow to reconsider its involvement in the deal that the UN mediated the restart of grain exports from Ukraine.
A statement by the Turkish Ministry of Defense on the content of a phone call between the two ministers said that Akar told Shoigu that it is extremely important for the grain agreement to continue, and that it will continue to be applied separately from the conflict in Ukraine.
The Turkish minister continued by saying that his nation would continue to fulfil its obligations under the agreement that had been struck in Istanbul in July under UN supervision.
With the restart of exports from three Ukrainian locations made possible by the deal, which was reached on July 22, more over 9.5 million tonnes of corn, wheat, sunflower goods, barley, turnip seeds, and soybeans were exported, which contributed to the crisis’ alleviation.
The UN Security Council held a session today, at the request of Russia, on the agreement to export grains from Ukraine, during which the Russian delegate to the United Nations said about “the Sefastopol attack aimed at thwarting the grain agreement. ”
The Russian delegate continued, stating that “Ukraine uses grain corridors for particular purposes,” and reiterating Moscow’s willingness to “continue distributing food at a low cost.”
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The grain ships “must be allowed without inspection,” the Russian representative to the UN said.
In addition, Russia stated that it is “unacceptable” to maintain the flow of navigation through a security corridor in the Black Sea after it withdrew from a deal wherein Turkey and the UN permitted Ukraine to resume grain exports.
The Russian Ministry of Defense issued a statement saying, “Ship movement through the security route is undesirable since the Ukrainian leadership and the leadership of the Ukrainian armed forces utilise this to conduct military operations against the Russian Federation.
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Russia is being misled by the UN, which denies that there were ships in the grain corridor at the time of the attack.
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