Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Moscow is ready to return to the grain export deal across the Black Sea as soon as its conditions are fulfilled.
Peskov said in statements to the RIA Novosti state news agency in response to a question about Moscow’s readiness to return to negotiations on resuming the deal: “Moscow is ready to return without delay to the grain deal. But after the conditions for Russia are fulfilled.” In turn, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that the US has been told that Russia is prepared to return to talks on a deal that had allowed the safe Black Sea export of Ukrainian grain, but “we havent seen any evidence of that yet.” Greenfield said in her statements that if Russia wants to get its own fertilizer to global markets and make agricultural transactions “they’re going to have to return to this deal.” “We have seen indications that they might be interested in returning to discussions. So we will wait to see whether that actually happens,” she added.
As of July 18, Russia announced its withdrawal from the deal and the withdrawal of security guarantees, indicating that the conditions for lifting restrictions were not fulfilled. (QNA)
Source: Qatar News Agency