Russia has signalled it will not allow the deal to continue beyond May 18th
A grain vessel bound for Ethiopia at Port Pivdennyi, Ukraine. File photograph: Daniel Berehulak/The New York TimesThe Group of Seven economic powers called on Sunday for the “extension, full implementation and expansion” of a critical deal to export Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea.
Brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, the deal was signed in Istanbul last July, allowing Ukraine to export more than 27 million tonnes of grain from several of its Black Sea ports. Russia, which invaded its neighbour in February 2022, has strongly signalled that it will not allow the deal to continue beyond May 18th because a list of demands to facilitate its own grain and fertiliser exports has not been met.
In the communique after a two-day meeting in Miyazaki, Japan, the G7 agriculture ministers “recognised the importance” of the deal, saying: “We strongly support the extension, full implementation and expansion of BSGI.”
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