“Until now, no decision has been announced, as you know. You’ll just have to wait until it’s announced,” Dmitry Peskov said
The Kremlin said it would not engage in “hypothetical discussions” about what Russia would do if the Black Sea grain deal expires tomorrow, Thursday.
Today, he left Ukraine, the last grain shipbefore the agreement expires.
Moscow has said it will withdraw on Thursday from the deal, under which Russia allows Ukraine to safely export grain from Black Sea ports despite the war raging on the territory, unless a series of demands on trade in of its own agricultural products.
“I don’t think there should be any hypothetical discussions here,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
“Until now, no decision has been announced, as you know. You’ll just have to wait until it’s announced,” he said.
The United Nations and Turkey reached an agreement for an initial 120-day period last July to address a global food crisis exacerbated by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, the world’s biggest grain exporter.
In order to persuade Russia to allow Ukrainian grain exports, the UN simultaneously agreed to help Moscow for three years with its own agricultural shipments.
Moscow agreed to extend the deal for another 120 days in November, but in March agreed to extend it by only another 60 days.
Source :Skai
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