Tag: Food grain export deal

Moscow and Kyiv administrators have signed a contract to permit grain exports from Ukrainian Black Sea ports, as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the deal would allow easing the international food crisis The neighbouring, warring countries are among the globe’s biggest exporters of grains. Still, Russia’s aggression led to a de-facto blocking of the Black Sea, resulting in Ukraine’s exports declining to a sixth of their pre-war status. Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu and Ukraine’s infrastructure minister, Oleksandr Kubrakov, autographed the agreement individually on Friday, carefully bypassing seating at the exact tableland and bypassing shaking hands. The signing ritual took residence at Istanbul’s lavish Dolmabahce Pal