UN efforts to agree with Russia to resume grain exports

 German newspaper "Bild" revealed that the United Nations is ready to make some concessions to Russia in an attempt to persuade it to resume the grain agreement, which it withdrew from weeks ago. Global Payments.

The newspaper said that it had obtained a letter from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, which he sent on August 28 to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, proposing that the Russian authorities conclude, in exchange for resuming the grain deal, a 4-point agreement between the United Nations and Russia.

And Reuters reported - yesterday, Thursday - that Guterres sent Lavrov last week "a set of specific proposals", aimed at reviving the grain agreement in the Black Sea, from which Russia withdrew last July, a year after the United Nations and Turkey mediated to reach it.

The first point in the agreement, which the German newspaper said Guterres is seeking to conclude with Russia, assumes that the European Union will lift the sanctions imposed on Russell Josebank last June, and allow it to bypass the restrictions related to the separation from SWIFT.

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German newspaper confirmed that the European Union authorities had expressed - through the United Nations - their readiness "to find a constructive solution through the establishment of a subsidiary of Russell Khouz Bank."

In the second point, Guterres proposes to secure Russian cargo ships against Ukrainian attacks when moving in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.

The above two points are consistent with Russia's demands to return to the grain agreement that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealed a few days ago, which is to include its agricultural bank in the "SWIFT" global payment system and ship insurance.

Finally, it allowed Russian ships transporting food and fertilizers to dock in the ports of European Union countries once again. To this end, the European Union authorities have already conducted negotiations with the governments of Germany, Belgium, Spain, and the Netherlands.

Guterres said - yesterday, Thursday - that the United Nations is "working hard" to try to improve Russia's exports of grains and fertilizers, to persuade Moscow to once again allow the safe export of Ukrainian grains from the Black Sea.

He added to reporters - on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Jakarta - that "it is necessary to establish a system of mutual guarantee."

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Ukrainian opposition

On the other hand, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said - today, Friday - that Kyiv opposes the idea of easing sanctions on Russia, which aims to revive the grain export agreement.

Moscow complains that its agricultural exports face obstacles and that not enough Ukrainian grain reaches countries in need under the Black Sea agreement. Ukraine and Russia are both major grain exporters.

Russia's grain and fertilizer exports are not subject to Western sanctions, but Moscow said restrictions on payments, "logistical" services, and insurance pose an obstacle to shipping.

Russian Foreign Ministry rejected - the day before Wednesday - the United Nations attempt to revive the Black Sea Agreement, describing it as "a new dose of promises."

Source: German Press + Reuters