Tag Archives: Grain

Russian President, Vladimir Putin is scheduled to meet with leaders of African countries on Saturday, June 17 in St Petersburg, according to presidential aide Yuri Ushakov. The grain deal will be one of the key issues the leaders will discuss, he said.   Ukraine is a major exporter of sunflower, …

Black Sea Grain Initiative has been renewed – for now. Credit: Ihor Oinua/Unsplash by Alexander Kozul-Wright (geneva) Wednesday, March 22, 2023 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Mar 22 (IPS) – Given the complex interplay between geopolitics and financial markets, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 sent shockwaves across the global economy. …

Putin tells Erdogan he will consider resuming deal allowing grain exports from Ukraine if Kyiv provides ‘guarantees’. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has told his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Moscow would consider resuming a deal allowing grain exports from Ukrainian seaports but only after securing “real guarantees” from Kyiv. …

Video Duration 25 minutes 00 seconds 25:00 From: Inside Story Moscow is accused of blackmail after suspending its participation in a grain export agreement. The United Nations and Turkey are working to salvage a deal to export Russian and Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea. The agreement in July was …

The United Nations, Nato, European Union and US have all urged Russia to reverse its decision to pull out of a deal that allowed Ukrainian grain exports via the Black Sea, amid fears of a global food crisis. Moscow announced it was suspending the UN-brokered arrangement in response to a …

This “remarkable achievement” was made possible through the collective efforts and hard work of the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC), he said, referring to the Istanbul-based mechanism that monitors ships’ movements to ensure their compliance with the Initiative. The JCC brings together representatives from Ukraine, Russia, Türkiye and the UN – …

The biggest caravan of ships carrying grain and other agricultural products since the beginning of the Russian invasion has sailed from Ukrainian ports on Sunday, heading to Europe, Asia and the Middle East through the mined waters of the Black Sea. According to the United Nations, the four ships leaving …

ODESA, Ukraine — The first shipments of grain since the beginning of the war in Ukraine have been loaded onto freighters at Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea, getting ready for their first voyages in more than five months. President Volodymyr Zelensky and representatives of the Group of 7 industrialized …

Ukrainian Embassy in Beirut says cargo vessel carrying stolen barley docked in the port of Tripoli on Thursday. A Syrian cargo ship, sanctioned by the United States and carrying what Ukraine says is stolen barley from the country, has docked in Lebanon, the Ukrainian diplomatic mission in the Middle East …

????? Russia and Ukraine have agreed to restart shipments of blockaded grain, in a step toward easing a global crisis that has exposed tens of millions of people, especially in Africa and the Middle East, to the threat of acute hunger, the U.N. secretary general announced on Friday, July 22. …