Russia and Ukraine have signed separate agreements, clearing the way for cargo ships carrying desperately needed grain through the Black Sea.
Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu and Ukrainian infrastructure minister Oleksandr Kubrakov signed separate deals with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Turkish defence minister Hulusi Akar.
As well as clearing the Black Sea for Ukrainian cargo, it also frees up exports of Russian grain and fertiliser. Mr Guterres hailed the deal as ‘an agreement for the world’, but admitted it ‘did not come easy’ and that ‘it has been a long road’. President Erdogan said: ‘We are proud to be instrumental in an initiative that will play a major role in solving global food crisis that has been on the agenda for a long time.’Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Moscow would not ‘take advantage’ of the de-mining and opening of Ukrainian ports as part of a UN-brokered deal.
He said: ‘Russia has taken on the obligations that are clearly spelled out in this document. We will not take advantage of the fact that the ports will be cleared and opened. We have made this commitment.’
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