Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Vasily Nebenzya
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Western countries have two months to withdraw from the sanctions operations with fertilizers and food from Russia. Such a statement was made by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Vasily Nebenzya, speaking at a meeting of the organization’s Security Council.
He stressed that Russia’s agreements on the export of food and fertilizers have not been fulfilled one iota. According to him, the world’s poorest countries received only about 3% of the supplies under the “grain deal”. About it informs RIA Novosti 18 March.
He recalled that Russia agreed to extend the deal after March 18 for 60 days instead of 120. How exactly the Russian Federation will act further will depend on progress in solving the problems that the Russian side has identified. Nebenzya explained that Brussels, London and Washington have two months to “with the assistance of the UN, withdraw from their sanctions the entire chain of operations accompanying Russian agricultural exports.”
The UN has previously said about serious progress in the implementation of the memorandum on the export of Russian food and fertilizers. However, there are still problems that hinder the supply, in particular in the field of payment systems, said the deputy secretary general of the organization for humanitarian affairs.
The “grain deal” involves the export of food and fertilizers from three Ukrainian Black Sea ports. The corresponding agreement was signed in July 2022 by representatives of Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the UN. On November 17, 2022, the deal was extended until March 18, 2023.
