The Russian-Ukrainian grain deal could be expanded to include other foods and commodities. At least that is what Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested in a telephone conversation with Russian ruler Vladimir Putin.
According to the team at his office, Erdogan said on Sunday that related preparations for the export of food and other goods can be started step by step. However, the Kremlin countered that the grain deal was complicated and that Western restrictions on Russian grain and fertilizer exports in particular needed to be lifted.
The Russian and Ukrainian governments reached an agreement in July on the export of Ukrainian grain. This decision ended a month-long blockade of grain exports caused by the war. In particular, a safe corridor has been created in the Black Sea and both the Turkish government and the United Nations are involved in the mediation and implementation of the agreement.
Since then, many ships carrying grain and other agricultural products have left Ukrainian ports. To this day, however, the agreement has been criticized. For example, it is not specified where the grain should be delivered. About three months ago, Putin and Erdogan said that many goods would not go to poor countries, but to rich countries. That was not the purpose of the agreement.
Source: Krone
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